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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Allie build for Mr. Haddy?
(a) A sail for his boat.
(b) A raft made of wood.
(c) A new motorboat.
(d) A giant iceberg.

2. What is the name of Mr. Haddy's small, wooden motorboat?
(a) Little Jeronimo.
(b) Little Haddy.
(c) Tosco.
(d) Big Lucy.

3. How many push-ups does Allie do to convince the Hondurans to help him load his boat?
(a) Seventy-five.
(b) Fifty,
(c) Twenty-eight.
(d) Twenty-two.

4. What is Gurney Spellgood's occupation?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Priest.
(c) Missionary.
(d) Writer.

5. The passage that Gurney Spellgood and Allie argue over is from which book of the bible?
(a) Luke.
(b) Mark.
(c) Genesis.
(d) Romans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What seeds does Allie buy because they remind him of his hometown?

2. How old are the twins?

3. What do the people of Jeronimo think that Allie is building when he is building his ice plant?

4. What do Charlie and Allie find in the Polskis' cold storage room?

5. What kind of bird grabs Charlie's fishing bait?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Allie make a giant iceberg?

2. How does Allie show the Honduran natives that they shouldn't be afraid of his ice plant?

3. According to Allie, how does he come to work for Polski?

4. Why is Allie highly critical of the migrant workers for leaving the jungle?

5. What items do the Foxes buy when they go shopping in Chapter 6?

6. How does Allie come to realize that the Zambu Indians have met missionaries before?

7. Why does Allie force Mr. Struss to leave his village?

8. Why does Polski reject Allie's ice plant?

9. What reason does Allie give for why he doesn't believe in God?

10. Describe the condition that the Foxes leave their house in when they depart for the shore.

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