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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. In what direction are the terns flying in Chapter 21?

2. How long ago did the event take place that Franny remembered at the beginning of Chapter 17?

3. What was the name of the man that Franny's father killed?

4. How did Franny's mother die?

5. In Chapter 15, what prison was Franny in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ennis say is the situation in Chapter 19?

2. In Chapter 19, what does Franny tell the crew about herself?

3. What did Franny do at the beginning of Chapter 15 when she was in Limerick Prison?

4. What did Franny learn when she and Niall visited John Torpey?

5. What happened in Chapter 20, when Niall and Franny spent a weekend at his parents' home?

6. Who was FInnegan, and how did he die?

7. What did Niall and Franny do for their first annivesary in Chapter 22?

8. In Chapter 21, what is Franny surprised to see in the water?

9. What is Ushuaia, and why does Ennis take the Saghani there?

10. How did Beth, Franny's roommate help her and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Anik and Ennis have been sailing together for a long time. Why do they always sail together? What does their relationship reveal about endurance?

Essay Topic 3

In the novel, most animals and birds are extinct. What happened to the animals and birds in the novel? What is revealed about extinction in the book and how does it affect characters?

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