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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. Who admits his love for Sarah?

2. What was Sawdust's father's profession?

3. What is Paris's role on the ship?

4. What instrument does Sullivan play?

5. Who asks Paris to be part of the ship's crew?

Short Essay Questions

1. What good results from the slaves going aboard the ship, according to the narrator in Book One, Part Four?

2. Describe Paris' last night on shore before boarding the Ship.

3. Why is Kemp so motivated to convince Paris to go aboard the Ship?

4. Which three characters share a toast in Book One and why do they share it?

5. How do readers discover how Sarah feels about Erasmus?

6. How would you describe Erasmus as he is presented in the first half of the book?

7. What does Erasmus see in town after he gets lost?

8. What types of memories does Paris frequently dwell on when he is on the ship?

9. Why does Thurso not want his crew members to mistreat any of the men on the Ship right away?

10. What tragedy occurs while the Ship is being built?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Paris experiences flashbacks in this story that refer to his prior experiences with his wife and his printing of illegal materials. What do those flashbacks teach us about Paris? What purpose do the flashbacks serve in the story?

Essay Topic 2

What is the tone of Sacred Hunger? Why would Unsworth choose to write the story in that type of tone? What impact does the tone have on the way that the reader perceives the characters and sequence of events?

Essay Topic 3

What effect does the time period have on Unsworth's novel? How does it add to the story? What impact does the Atlantic Slave Trade have on characters; and how might they be different had the story been set during a different time?

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