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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 language was the name of the ship written that took Bram and Mo to America?

2. When Bram awoke in Chapter 31, what was he lying upon?

3. What did Ralph change the name of his ranch to?

4. How high was the cliff that towered over the pass the soldiers used to cross through the mountains?

5. What did Bram give the mahouts of Sian's village to take back with them?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the men look like who tried to steal Mo?

2. Why did Bram weep when he staggered out of the structure where he was being cared for after the guerrilla war?

3. What did Bram ask permission to do when the headman told him he could not work in the teak forest?

4. What did Bram observe when he awoke in Chapter 31?

5. How did Sian die?

6. What were Bram's living quarters like when he joined North's Circus?

7. How were criminals dealt with in the Sian's village?

8. What were some jobs that Bram and Mo did as they traveled?

9. Why was a man arrested in Sian's village?

10. What did Bram believe he heard Kalli Gooma say after Ja told Bram he could not marry Sian?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Bram's training as an elephant trainer and how that affected his training of Modoc. Did this style of training make Bram more successful than other elephant trainers?

Essay Topic 2

Using examples from the book, discuss who did and did not survive the shipwreck. Did the location of individuals during the shipwreck determine whether they lived or died?

Essay Topic 3

Kalli Gooma told Bram that there were two areas in the village that represented life and death. Discuss how certain places in the village represented life and death. Did either of these places represent both life and death?

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