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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator recognize the poisonous plants?

2. About whom does the narrator dream in this section?

3. What does Morel say will happen if the dials on the machine are synchronized?

4. What does the narrator see waiting at the bay?

5. Why does the narrator think the two men he sees are ghosts?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does the fact the narrator worships an image say about 1940s society? Do the students think the author's view point is still relevant today?

Essay Topic 2

How does the narrator work out that the people he is seeing are images? Why does the fact that Faustine is an image not change the narrator's thoughts towards her?

Essay Topic 3

In what way is it strange that the people come back to the island? How does the story change when the people return?

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