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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. How many survivors eventually banded together after the ship wreck?

2. What did Curpo put in water when he cleaned Emma?

3. What type of wood was used to make the handle of Bram's first bull hook?

4. What was the hospital building used for at one time?

5. How many rows of lights lined "The Ghanjee" from bow to stern?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the bull hook that Bram's father gave him when Bram was thirteen.

2. Who were the people in the circus sideshow, and why did they join together?

3. How did Bram and Gertie meet?

4. What did the captain order Bram to do when he was discovered stowed away on the ship?

5. What reasons did Gobel give for selling the circus?

6. What system was established after Mo found the survivors?

7. Why was the cemetery where Josef buried called the Grenchin Hill Cemetery?

8. How did Bram and Modoc feed each other when they were little?

9. During the time "The Ghanjee" was caught during a storm and Bram tried to soothe the elephants, what advice did he remember his father saying?

10. Why weren't any lifeboats launched from "The Ghanjee"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Hinduism and what parts of Hinduism Bram embraced.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the Elephantarium, how Bram was viewed by the maharajah and his staff, and why they viewed him that way.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss why Bram struggled with feelings of guilt and whether these feelings were due to a real or imagined moral code that Bram felt he had broken.

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