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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. How does Melody feel about her companions on board the ship?

2. What does Lucinda's mother plan to do with the farm so she can retire from farming?

3. What does Oscar find in the envelope that Reverend Stratton sent him?

4. Why is Dennis not in love with Lucinda?

5. What does Elizabeth Mullins say when she attempts to lay the palm leaf underneath the horse's feet?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Reverend Dennis Hasset.

2. What happened when Oscar ate the Christmas pudding?

3. Is the narrator's mother dedicated to the Church of St. John's?

4. Why is Mrs. Cousins perturbed by Lucinda's style of dress when she lives at her boarding house?

5. Describe Oscar's first dinner at the Stratton's home.

6. How does Oscar feel about his father when he comes to visit him at the Stratton's home?

7. Describe Theophilus' penchant for naming everything.

8. Why does Theophilus check Oscar's lungs every morning?

9. Describe Ian Wardley-Fish.

10. Why did Lucinda spend a year in London?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the importance of the sea in Oscar's life. Why does he fear it as a boy? In what ways does he take steps to overcome his fear? How does his fear come true?

Essay Topic 2

Do you agree or disagree that Lucinda is a courageous person? In what ways does she express this courage by standing up for herself in the face of dominating personalities?

Essay Topic 3

Describe how the phenomenon of phosphorescence is used to further the plot in Oscar and Lucinda. In what ways does this event help Oscar overcome his fear and visit Lucinda's stateroom? How does the phosphorescence change Lucinda's impressions of Oscar?

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