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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 does Jack see when he wakes in Chapter 20?

2. What does Jack say when Early thanks him for coming with him at the end of Chapter 22?

3. What was Emmaline's favorite poem?

4. What is the name of the leader of the boatmen in Chapter 16?

5. What does Early say that Pi found at the end of Chapter 26?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Jack think that Jesus was a likely candidate for fly-fishing?

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

4. How does MacScott die?

5. Why does Early think Fisher is alive?

6. What was in Martin's room?

7. What do Early and Jack see when they find an old logging camp?

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

9. What does the Bear Knuckle Inn look like?

10. At the beginning of Chapter 26, what is Jack reminded about Early?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Jack feels lost after the regatta. What other times has Jack felt lost? Why does Jack feel so lost and without direction?

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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