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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 Alf float on after the ship sinks?

2. Who sees Preston when he is lost at sea?

3. Who helps Peter hide something in a tree?

4. What is in the chest that Leonard is guarding?

5. Who is the first to notice Peter returning to the ship?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the Others, and how does Molly feel about them?

2. What helps most of the orphans to sleep well for the first time since coming on the ship?

3. What is wrong with the food first offered to Peter on the ship?

4. What shock does Leonard receive when Stache opens the chest?

5. What helps Black Stache to feel calm as the storm begins to brew?

6. How do the orphans get to the island?

7. What does Molly tell Peter about Power?

8. How does Black Stache make his ship faster, and why?

9. How does Stache get Slank to divulge information about the treasure?

10. What does Peter do that makes Hungry Bob laugh?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fear is a common theme in this book that is presented a number of times by a number of characters. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the characters in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Explain some of the magical elements from the book and how they are executed. What significance do these spells have on the outcome of the book and the growth of Peter's character?

Essay Topic 3

Why might Dave Barry have allowed Black Stache to live at the end of the book? What kind of message does this send and do you think he should have been killed? Why or why not?

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