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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 money does Louise have saved from her crabbing?

2. Where is Louise married?

3. What kind of person does Louise say has the most freedom?

4. What religion does Joseph follow?

5. Who receives the highest marks on the graduation test in all Rass Island history?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Louise say about the boredom she feels at school?

2. How does Louise feel about herself after the lotion incident, and what is appealing to her about this?

3. What does Louise say the water and the war are doing to the people on the island?

4. What does Louise do when she realizes that the older twin she caught at the end of the book is being ignored?

5. Who does the Captain marry, and why?

6. What does Louise's grandmother say after they find out what the Captain chooses to do with Trudy's money?

7. What does the Captain choose to do with Trudy's money after her death?

8. What does Louise name her first child, and why?

9. How does Grandmother react after the news of Hiroshima?

10. What does Louise learn has happened after the storm is over?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Louise endures many different trials before the end of the book. What are some of these trials and what lessons does she learn through these experiences?

Essay Topic 3

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that characters involved in those scenes?

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