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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 do Lux and her boyfriend meet the two girls in Chapter Three?

2. How does Lux feel when Brittany compliments her boyfriend's looks?

3. What does Brittany often do during hers and Amma's travels?

4. What does Jake start to get the meeting party going in Chapter Nine?

5. How long will it take to sail to the island in Chapter Five?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the storm in Chapter Seven arrive?

2. How does Lux almost die in Chapter Seven?

3. Why does Lux drop out of college?

4. Who does Lux once see on Nico's boat that upsets her?

5. How much does Nico say Brittany and Amma are going to pay him to sail them to Meroe Island?

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

7. What does Nico tell the girls about the history of Meroe Island?

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

9. How do Brittany and Amma say they met?

10. Who seems very interested in Meroe Island's history?

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

How does Hawkins treat the topic of survival, and through which characters? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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