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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. Why does Peter not yell to the orphan he hears calling in the jungle?

2. Who is the only person to believe Alf's talk about the chest?

3. Where does Molly tell Peter about her father's group?

4. What makes Black Stache scared for a moment?

5. What does the cook often get drunk on?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the Angel's Graveyard?

4. How do Molly and Peter keep the chest away from Black Stache and what worries do they have about this?

5. How does Leonard get Scott to follow his plan to save the Wasp?

6. Why does Captain Scott make the decision to try and board the pirate ship?

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

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

9. What three things are told Leonard in his message from Molly?

10. How did Zarboff become King?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What happens to Harry at the lagoon near the end of the book, and what deeper meanings does this event imply? How does this one event change Peter's life and perspective?

Essay Topic 3

How do you think the next book will go now that you know the layout of this setting and plot?

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