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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the dead boy who was found on the beach buried?
(a) The ocean.
(b) He is not buried. He is cremated.
(c) In the common plot.
(d) Next to his mother.

2. Who lives together in peace in a settlement?
(a) Indians and Caribbeans.
(b) Blacks and Whites.
(c) English and Irish.
(d) Animals and humans.

3. Who is the Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Southern District?
(a) Edward Wofford.
(b) Daniel Cleary.
(c) Percy Redwood.
(d) George Watson.

4. Why is Mrs. Kemp irritated when Erasmus gets home?
(a) Because his dinner has gotten cold.
(b) Because Mr. Kemp has not gotten home yet.
(c) Because he does not say hello.
(d) Becauss he is late.

5. What does Erasmus think about during his father's funeral?
(a) What he will do with his life.
(b) How he would like to be a crew member on the Ship.
(c) How his father sniffed wood of the Ship.
(d) Sarah Wolpert.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who receives a letter from Thurso?

2. What is the verdict of the palaver?

3. Who is upset when Erasmus turns down the job?

4. Who is fitted with leg irons on the Ship?

5. What does the portrait that Delblanc has painted look like?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conflict does Erasmus come upon in Book Two, Part Eight?

2. What problems do you foresee in the potential relationship between Erasmus and Sarah?

3. What decision does Erasmus make in Book One, Part Seven, following his father's death?

4. What does Paris find in a shed near Timothy Owens' place? What is his reaction?

5. What is the Trionfi Club?

6. How does Mrs. Kemp change after her husband's death?

7. What role does witchcraft play in this story?

8. How does Erasmus' relationship with Sarah change after Mr. Kemp dies?

9. What is the relationship between Delblanc and Paris like in Book One, Part Six?

10. How does Erasmus discover the ship in the swamp?

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