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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 does Louise's mother do during the storm?

2. Where is Louise's clinic in Truitt?

3. What does Louise want to be when she grows up?

4. How many times does Louise return to Rass?

5. How many families left Rass after the storm in September?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What was destroyed in the storm?

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

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

7. What does Louise decide to do in an effort to change her luck?

8. What occasions does Louise return to Rass Island for?

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

10. Who does the Captain marry, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The characters in this book all have their own goals and motivations. Select four characters and write about their main motivation throughout the book and how this goal affects the characters around them.

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

What are the different stages of Call's relationship with Caroline, and how do these stages affect Louise and the progression of the plot?

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