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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 Jake and Eliza meet for the first time in a long time?

2. How many days does Jake say they will have to spend extra on the island due to the broken radios?

3. What does Amma say Nico is good at to Lux?

4. How old is Nico?

5. What does Jake do to Robbie in the end of Chapter Seventeen?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter Fourteen, what changes on the island?

2. In Chapter Fourteen, what does Eliza show just Lux?

3. Why do the Kellys move out of England?

4. How does Amma start to feel about Chloe when she and Brittany meet Chloe on their travels?

5. What really personal information does Amma share about Brittany with Lux?

6. In Chapter Sixteen, what does Jake show Lux that unsettles her?

7. In Chapter Twenty, what does Lux find on Eliza's and Jake's boat?

8. In Chapter Nineteen, what does Eliza ask Lux to do with her and Jake?

9. In Chapter Fifteen, what does everyone on the island think of Robbie?

10. What does Lux discover about the Susannah's radio in Chapter Nineteen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Hawkins use Meroe Island itself to symbolize? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Hawkins demonstrate and explain the radicalization of Brittany's character, especially through the lens of her relationship with Chloe/Eliza? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Which character do you think evolves the most significantly throughout the novel, and how does Hawkins portray this evolution? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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