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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. Where does Jack spend most of the day at the beginning of Chapter 2?

2. What was Jack's mother doing when she met his dad?

3. How often does Early go into town when all the boys are given day passes?

4. What does Jack see at the end of Chapter 12 that makes him feel better?

5. What is Early working on when Jack finds him in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Jack hear and how does it make him feel at the beginning of Chapter 9?

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

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

5. Who was the Fish?

6. What is Early doing when Jack sees him in Chapter 9?

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

8. What messages did Jack get at the beginning of Chapter 12?

9. Where does Jack spend most of his second day at Morton Hill Academy?

10. What are some shrines or temples in Jack's hometown in Kansas?

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

MacScott killed Martin. Why did MacScott kill Martin, and how did that murder affect MacScott the rest of his life?

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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