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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. Where does Lux work as the book opens?

2. What does Lux say she and her boyfriend should demand before taking the job in Chapter Four?

3. What does Lux tell herself about her experience in the jungle in Chapter 16?

4. Where do the girls in Chapter Three want to travel?

5. Who is the only one not to cheer at Jake's toast?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Brittany do in Chapter Seven that is really dangerous?

2. How does Lux lose her mother?

3. What does Lux find that really disturbs her in Chapter Eleven?

4. What does Lux say Nico should demand from Brittany and Amma to take them to Meroe Island?

5. What does Jake try to make a toast to on the first night on the island that everyone says is too sad?

6. What does Lux see in Chapter Seven that is a bad omen?

7. What does Eliza make everyone for dinner their first night on the island in Chapter Nine?

8. What potential job does Nico tell Lux about in Chapter Two?

9. Where does Lux work in Chapter One?

10. What does Lux think of Jake's and Eliza's boat?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Hawkins establish and maintain suspense throughout this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What relationship does Hawkins draw, through Eliza's character, between money and morality? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What are some of the major differences between Lux and Nico, and how do the differences eventually develop into significant tensions? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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