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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. Why do Mike and Steubins leave in the small boat?

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

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

4. Who does Ike hate?

5. How was Nick inducted into Hollywood?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Mike's main objective in Chapter 13?

3. How has Ike let the people of Kuinak down?

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

5. How has the Underdog Club failed?

6. Why can't Mike, Greer, and Ike catch any fish?

7. What must Ike return to at the end of Chapter 16?

8. How does Shoola's connection with Harry contradict current-Kuinak?

9. How Is Ike's old nature returning in Chapter 20?

10. What is changing about the movie?

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

Discuss what Kesey's overall statement about humanity is with good, evil, mystery, and truth in Sailor Song.

Essay Topic 3

Despite much of the action in Sailor Song, the truth is infrequently stated; it is merely alluded to. Discuss how the withholding of truth about one's history functions as subplots to this book and Kesey's statements on humanity.

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