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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 color does Early say the zeroes are in Chapter 27?

2. What color shirt does Gunnar put on at the beginning of Chapter 21?

3. What color hair does the bar maid have in Chapter 16?

4. What year is the Sears Roebuck catalog Jack finds in Martin's room?

5. What would Jack's mother say when he was reluctant to try something new?

Short Essay Questions

1. What job are Early and Jack given by the men on the barge?

2. Why do Jack and Early think the skeleton they find is Martin Johannsen?

3. Why does Jack think Early might be hurt at the end of Chapter 27?

4. What does Jack think "National Geographic" would say about the path they are taking in Chapter 27?

5. How did Gunnar get to the place where Jack and Early find him?

6. How does the bar maid look after Early tells her that she has a very pretty smile?

7. How did Gunnar compromise MacScott's dogs' sense of smell?

8. What does the Bear Knuckle Inn look like?

9. What did the old woman want Early and Jack do and why?

10. What does Jack see when he wakes in Chapter 17?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Early and Jack have different ways of dealing with and interacting with the pirates. How do the boys interact differently with the pirates? Which boy is more effective when dealing with the pirates and why?

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 begins to see Early as a normal boy. How does Jack view Early at the beginning of the novel? How does his opinion of Early change, and how does that lead to the boys becoming friends?

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