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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 is the name of the war the soldiers are going to fight in?

2. What part of her body did Annie break?

3. What does Myrtle say she didn't like about the tiger's eyes?

4. What kind of event has Master Georgie been invited to?

5. How does Rimmer try to get the ape to turn around?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the group do once it is in Constantinople?

2. How has the Hardy family changed four years later?

3. Describe Myrtle's early life.

4. How does Myrtle and George's relationship develop in the opening chapter?

5. Summarize the first chapter.

6. How does Myrtle show herself as both mentally and physically strong?

7. How does the author express Myrtle's role as an outsider?

8. How do Rimmer, George and Pompey get the ape to turn around so they can take its photograph?

9. How does George's attitude change once he is in Constantnople?

10. Summarize the third chapter.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the books reception in three different countries including the country the book was written. How do their opinions about the books differ? Was the book more influential in one country than another? If so, why?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the novel's dialogue. How does the author's dialogue contribute to the following areas:

1. Character

2. Setting

3. Plot

Essay Topic 3

Compare one of the main characters to the person he or she was at the beginning of the book to the person he or she is at the end of the end of the book.

1. What did he or she hope to achieve at the beginning of the novel?

2. What events change his or her ideas about life?

3. How has his or her character changed by the end of the novel?

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