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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 is wrong with the blonde mermaid?

2. What is at the center of the mermaid lagoon?

3. What happens to Richard as he carries the chest to the longboat?

4. Where does Slank plan to take the chest?

5. What makes the savages run away?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Alf's actions around the boys disprove his ideas about himself?

2. What does Molly choose to do when she sees the orphans with the savages?

3. What makes the savage leader start to believe Alf's story?

4. What is happening in the Lagoon to the fish near the chest?

5. What does Leonard do when Peter decides to stay on the island?

6. How does Slank find the chest?

7. What promise does Peter break when he goes to the shore?

8. What happened when Starstuff leaked on a lizard?

9. What does Peter see when he finally finds Ted?

10. What does Black Stache order at the crossroads?

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

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 3

How does Peter make his important decision at the end of the book, and what does this indicate about his personality?

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