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

2. What is the name of the town where the Fox family lives?

3. How many acres of land does Allie buy from Weerwilly?

4. What does Charlie call the house where the migrant workers live?

5. What does Allie call his ice plant?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Allie do to become a hero aboard the Unicorn?

2. How does Allie feel about American public schools?

3. How does Allie come to own Jeronimo?

4. Why does the Fox family rarely go out shopping at real stores?

5. Why does Allie refuse to build the ice plant for Polski?

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

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

8. How does Allie persuade Honduran natives to help him load cargo?

9. How does Allie react when Charlie refers to the migrant workers' home as the Monkey House?

10. How does Captain Smalls describe life in Honduras to Charlie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Allie Fox is often kinder to strangers than he is to his own family. Cite two examples of this and explain what it says about his nature. Does he seem to love his family, despite his actions? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Explore some of Allie's made-up terms. What are the meanings? What might be the author's reasoning for giving Allie such a colorful vocabulary?

Essay Topic 3

Explore the role of Mother in the novel. What is her relationship with the other members of the family like? How does she enable Allie? What is the significance of her not having a name mentioned in the novel?

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