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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much of the island does the narrator's settlement take up?

2. What color is the only cat that was not taken care of?

3. To whom does the tomcat at the Captain's house belong?

4. What did Mrs. Bradshaw come to the island to work as?

5. What does Louise say her grandmother's life has consisted of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Call and Louise find when they return a cat to Auntie Braxton?

2. What does the Captain do to reveal his identity?

3. What do Call and Louise do together to make money?

4. Who does Louise think the strange man is?

5. What clue about her future does the narrator give in the first chapter?

6. Why does Caroline have to go to the mainland in Chapter 4?

7. What does Call start doing without Louise during the summer?

8. How does Louise's father treat his daughter's differently?

9. How do most women on the island feel about the bay?

10. How does Louise feel after asking Call if she could join him in the things he does without her during the summer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Education and the importance of training is a constant theme in this book. Where does this theme appear, and which characters are most affected by it?

Essay Topic 2

Comic relief is a literary tool used well by Paterson in this book. What are some of the key examples of this, and how did these scenes affect the plot of the book?

Essay Topic 3

What role does symbolism play in this book and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

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