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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 river does Early plan to travel as he leaves with Jack in Chapter 13?

2. Who is Early listening to on his record player in Chapter 9?

3. Where was Fisher Auden and his companions when they died?

4. What does Early sing when his frog dies?

5. Where does Jack go after he finds a change of clothes in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 6, how does Jack feel the next morning after rowing?

2. What does the bulletin board look like in Early's workshop?

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

4. What does Jack say about his father and grandfather in the Prologue?

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

6. How does Jack feel the night after the regatta?

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

8. What does Jack consider wishing for in the boathouse in Chapter 6 and what does he wish for?

9. What is Early wearing and doing when Jack sees him at the beginning of Chapter 13?

10. Who was the Fish?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jack struggles to adjust to Morton Hill. Why is it so difficult for Jack to adjust to Morton Hill. In what way is the adjustment caused by the new surroundings and by missing his mother?

Essay Topic 2

Jack was nearly swept away after his mother's death. What saved Jack and what did he learn about dealing with death because of Early?

Essay Topic 3

A bar maid is compared to the Homely Wretch Pi met. How is the bar maid at the Bear Knuckle Inn like the Homely Wretch and how does Early transform her?

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