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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 religion does Joseph follow?

2. What does the sky look like after the storm?

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

4. Why does Call drop out of school?

5. How much money does Louise have saved from her crabbing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was destroyed in the storm?

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

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

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

5. Who does the Captain marry, and why?

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

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

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

9. What does Call tell Louise and the Captain when he comes home from the war?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Trudy Braxton is a minor character whose presence makes a big difference in the plot. How does she accomplish this? What are some ways that her presence, however brief, altered the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if Trudy had not been in the book at all?

Essay Topic 2

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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