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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 Ennis call Franny in Chapter 9?

2. In Chapter 10, how many years ago was Franny in the University Hospital in Galway?

3. What is the spot in the sea that is the remotest place in the world, farther from land than anywhere else?

4. In Chapter 3, who helps Franny to the bathroom after she nearly falls into the sea?

5. What did Franny see in a greenhouse when she followed Niall in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the circumstances of Franny's birth?

2. Where do Gammy and Samuel have their home?

3. What was Franny's wedding like?

4. What discussion do Ennis and Franny have about following the terns in Chapter 5, and which birds do they follow?

5. Where does Niall go when Franny follows him in Chapter 9?

6. Where is the crew going in Chapter 11 and why?

7. What happens when the crew pulls in a net of fish in Chapter 8?

8. Where are Malachai and Dae from?

9. What relationship did Franny have with crows when she was six?

10. What has Franny accomplished in Chapter 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Basil resented Franny’s presence on board the Saghani after she was attacked. Why did Basil resent Franny’s presence on board the Saghani after she was attacked? Why did he betray her and the crew?

Essay Topic 2

Personification is a type of figurative language that assigns human characteristics to inanimate objects. How does the author use personification in the book? How does the use of personification assist readers in imagining scenes and objects?

Essay Topic 3

Franny kept looking for her mother. Why was Franny not able to find her mother? Why did Franny remove the memory of her mother’s death from her memory? How does Franny alter memories and why?

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