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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. Who comes with Molly's father?

2. How does Slank mess up Stache's plan?

3. What does Slank do to the crew after escaping?

4. Why do the mollusk people want the Starstuff?

5. What causes the mermaids to abandon the trunk?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Slank find the chest?

2. How does Slank know so much about the Starstuff?

3. Why is Slank not worried when Stache rows away with the chest?

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

5. How does Stache help the pirate overcome his fear about the flying people?

6. Why does Stache insist on following the flying crocodile?

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

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

9. What causes Stache to be nice to the pirate who says he is afraid when seeing the flying people?

10. What does Black Stache order at the crossroads?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What causes Fighting Prawn to be so upset with the British, and how does this viewpoint change for him over the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

What is Slank's secret identity, and how does this affect the outcome of the book? Why does Slank feel he must keep this a secret, and what does this say about the nature of the other people on the ship?

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