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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. When was Jack's mother's funeral?

2. What does Early listen to on Sundays?

3. How does Jack get to Maine in Chapter 1?

4. What color jacket is Early wearing in Chapter 13?

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 Jack realize when he looks out his window at the end of Chapter 12?

3. What is Early's room like?

4. What does Early ask Jack at the beginning of Chapter 11, and why does Jack decline?

5. What is Professor Stanton's theory that pi ends based upon?

6. Who was the Fish?

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

8. What does Early say about Billie Holiday?

9. What does Jack say viewing the ocean for the first time is supposed to be like, and what is it like for him?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Gunnar says that there are too many people roaming around looking for the wrong thing. What does Gunnar mean by that statement and what are the dangers of doing roaming around looking for the wrong thing without a direction?

Essay Topic 2

Jack feels that the bulletin board in Early's workshop represents Early's mind. What does the bulletin board look like and why does it represent the way that Early thinks?

Essay Topic 3

Jack remembers how his mother tried to help him after he got lost after a Boy Scout camp. How did his mother help him with that incident and how did she keep him from being lost emotionally when she was alive?

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