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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 is the name of Early's northern leopard frog?

2. Which class starts the regatta in Chapter 12?

3. What does Jack do after he wakes at Dawn in Chapter 8?

4. What happens when Jack gets halfway across the Dinosaur Log?

5. What is the center of everything in Jack's hometown?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jack describe his bed after his father makes it for him?

2. Is Jack lonely on Friday night in Chapter 7?

3. What does Early say about Billie Holiday?

4. How did Jack's parents meet?

5. How does Preston describe Early at lunch in Chapter 3?

6. What does Jack realize when he looks out his window at the end of Chapter 12?

7. What was the opening ceremony for the regatta?

8. How did Early get the "Maine" to the workshop?

9. What is Jack's trip like to Maine?

10. Why does Jack think Morton Hill Academy must have been a military school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Both Jack and Gunnar find themselves at the end of the world. In what ways to Gunnary and Jack find themselves physically and figuratively at the end of the world?

Essay Topic 2

Jack develops an instant perception of what Fisher Auden was like from his photograph in the library. What was Jack's initial perspective of Fisher and how and why did Jack's perception of Fisher change?

Essay Topic 3

Jack moves from Kansas to Maine. How are the two states different and how do these differences affect Jack emotionally?

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