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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 boat rescued Mo and Bram?

2. After the third day in the water, how many people did Bram count still clinging to life?

3. How tall was Bram when he was 5?

4. How old was Bram when he received his first bull hook?

5. How old was Bram when he met Gertie?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Bram and Gertie meet?

2. What did the hospital look like where Bram awoke after the shipwreck?

3. Why was Josef especially suited to train Modoc?

4. What did Bram tell Mo when it appeared that they would drown?

5. What alerted Josef to the fact that Bram was very sick?

6. What was the second day in the water like for the survivors?

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

8. Why did the captain order all non-essential personnel below decks?

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

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 Gertie's feelings for Bram and how they changed throughout the book.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the people in the sideshow and how their handicaps affected their lives.

Essay Topic 3

At one point Ja, Sian's father, told Bram that he could not marry Sian. Discuss the reasons why Ja did not want Bram to marry his daughter and what changed Ja's mind about a marriage.

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