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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. Who is Nick's father?

3. What happens when Shoola meets Ike?

4. Shoola and the sea lion first begin to connect through _____.

5. In jail, Ike exposed a warden for drinking ______.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Nick become successful in Hollywood?

3. Why does Shoola want to go home?

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

5. What is Alice's opinion of her husband's fidelity?

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

7. How has the Underdog Club failed?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the book's focus on the necessity and integrity of one's roots and the way characters are defined by their context, home, and independence.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how social expectations mold and direct the narrative of Sailor Song.`

Essay Topic 3

Kuinak and its inhabitants are painted mainly by their isolated nature. Discuss the use of isolation in Sailor Song and how it adds to the canvas of the narrative and its representation of change.

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