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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. How far offshore is the boat Malin sees moored offshore Ragged Island?
2. Whom does Neidelman introduce as the team's historian at the meeting after Field's injury?
3. What is the Ragged Island crew plugging at the start of Chapter 19?
4. What is Malin doing when he receives a call for the first medical emergency of the project?
5. What type of test confirms that a certain hole is the Water Pit?
Short Essay Questions
1. Whom is Neidelman speaking to at the beginning of Chapter 7, and why is he giving this speech?
2. Who does Malin renew an acquaintance with while at Stormhaven? What do they discuss?
3. In Chapter 10, what is the purpose of the meeting aboard the Griffin?
4. What are three things mentioned in Red Ned Ockham's biography that Malin looks at?
5. What happens at the beginning of Chapter 9 when Malin visits his childhood home?
6. What is the discussion about between St. John and Wopner during Chapter 18 in the command center?
7. What was the discussion about between Malin Hatch and Professor Horn at the Stormhaven Lobster Bake?
8. What makes the team believe they have found a mass grave at the Water Pit?
9. Detail the results of using the explosives on the Water Pit.
10. What happens when Malin and Johnny Hatch take a boat over to Ragged Island?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Name three things that Hatch is nervous about with his return to Stormhaven after twenty-five years. Reference the text to support your claims.
Essay Topic 2
What motive does Malin Hatch have in finding the treasure? How is this motive different from Neidelman's motive? How do these relate to their character development and their actions? Explain your answer using at least two details from the story.
Essay Topic 3
Explain how 'Riptide" could be seen as a battle between good and evil, giving at least three examples of the fight between good and evil from the text. Examine how this struggle affects the characters in the book. Does good or evil win at the end of the book?
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