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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 takes Calley back to the Ship?

2. What does Erasmus find when he goes to find his father?

3. Which of the following weapons kills Deakin?

4. What is the sacred hunger?

5. Who boards the Ship as a passenger in Book One, Part Six?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain "the sacred hunger". What is the narrator referring to by using that phrase?

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

4. What events lead to the disappearance of Deakin and Calley?

5. Tell the story about the monkey that Cavana buys on the ship. What is the monkey's fate?

6. Describe how the death of Mr. Kemp is discovered.

7. What sort of effect does Wolpert realize Erasmus has on Sarah?

8. Contrast the fort with the impoverished town that Paris visits in Book One, Part Six.

9. How does the syntax change in Book Two, Part Nine?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Some have identified the plot of Sacred Hunger as disjointed and confusing. Would you agree or disagree? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Identify the concept of a metaphor. Describe the metaphor in the first parts of Unsworth's book used by Erasmus in relation to his feelings for Sarah and his father's death. Why does Unsworth decide to include that type of metaphor in his book?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the characters of Erasmus and Paris. How are their lives different? How are the characters the same?

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