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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. What job does Louise take after Caroline leaves for school?

2. To where does Louise get a scholarship?

3. What does Louise want to see when she travels?

4. What does Caroline do during the storm?

5. What survived the storm, but had its wild spirit broken?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Louise feel when she begins working for her father?

2. What does Louise like most about the Captain, and why?

3. Why does Louise's grandmother dislike the Captain?

4. What does the Captain say to Louise at Christmas?

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

6. What was destroyed in the storm?

7. Who does the Captain marry, and why?

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

9. What does the Captain do to try to calm Louise's grandmother during the storm, and how does she respond?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Louise performs many acts of service during her time as a nurse. What are some of the most significant examples of this service, and how do these events affects the characters involved in them?

Essay Topic 2

What is the significance of the title of the book, and what role does it play in the plot?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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