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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 is it hard for the savages to choose what to do about their prisoners?

2. What do the savages do when Alf tries to talk to them?

3. Why does Stache want to capture the boys?

4. What does Stache hold hostage for the trunk?

5. With what does Slank injure the mermaid teacher?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What made Mr. Grin like human flesh?

3. How does Molly feel when she hears about Peter's connection with the mermaids?

4. How does Slank find the chest?

5. What does Black Stache order at the crossroads?

6. What does Peter build his new home out of?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Mr. Grin, how does he come to be the way he is, and how is the course of the plot altered by his presence?

Essay Topic 3

How does the chest affect the course of the plot and what important cautions are given to those who use it?

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