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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. What has happened to Ike's trailer?

2. When Shoola first meets the sea lion, what does she spend the whole time doing?

3. How do Ike, Mike, and Greer know about the school of fish?

4. What facade does Mike find over his house?

5. What is Leonard Smalls' job in the movie?

Short Essay Questions

1. By Chapter 12, how has Kuinak dramatically changed since Ike left to go to Skagway?

2. How has the Underdog Club failed?

3. Why does Louise Loop believe that someone is trying to kill her?

4. Why does Shoola want to go home?

5. Why does the actress want to be called "Shoola"?

6. Are the occurrences of Chapter 20 common or uncommon for Kuinak? How?

7. Were Mike and Steubins in need of rescuing after the storm? Why?

8. How are Steubins and Mike able to bond?

9. Does Alice's character make more sense after Chapter 19?

10. Why does Alice feel she shouldn't have reacted as she did to Mike's infidelity?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss why Shoola and the Sea Lion is the appropriate story to be tied to Sailor Song and how it aids the reader's understanding.

Essay Topic 2

In Sailor Song, much of the characters' natures are displayed through their heroic or cowardly actions. Discuss the use of heroism in the book as another commonality between characters, an accelerator for situations, and why it is so critical to "honesty" in the book.

Essay Topic 3

There are three critical storms in Sailor Song: the two in Kuinak and the one in Shoola and the Sea Lion. These three storms draw many parallels with each other and incite different elements of the story and struggle. Discuss the use of storms in the book as a common thread and accelerator.

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