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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 Sideway say the glory of his day was when he lived in London?

2. What crop is Lieutenant Clark growing that he thinks is being stolen?

3. Why does John Wisehammer say that his father cleared the houses of the dead?

4. In Act One: Scene 7, what does Duckling accuse Brewer of doing to her all the time?

5. What did Sideway used to buy from market traders in London?

Short Essay Questions

1. What will Sylvia in the play inherit?

2. In Act 1: Scene 9, what does Ketch want?

3. In Act One: Scene 8, what is Dabby thinking about?

4. What does Ketch tell Clark about leaving Ireland?

5. What is the name of the new community, and why is that name chosen?

6. What are the authorities doing at the beginning of Act One: Scene 6?

7. In Act One, Scene 3, what is a common punishment, and how does it affect the person being punished?

8. Why does Harry Brewer say that he could have been one of the convicts?

9. In Act One: Scene 3, why is there a discussion about hanging some of the convicts?

10. What did Wisehammer's father used to do, and what did his father find that particularly interested him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The setting or settings in a play are where the action takes place. Do the settings in the play serve as a backdrop to characters or do they almost take on the role of a character? How do the settings evoke feelings or set the tone in the play?

Essay Topic 2

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal, meaning. How does the author use idioms in the book? Why are the idioms sometimes difficult to understand? Why do idioms often require research to understand their meaning?

Essay Topic 3

Convicts can be flogged or hanged for crimes like stealing food. Is flogging an inhumane punishment? How do officers like Ross humiliate prisoners? Are the convicts treated inhumanely?

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