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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. How does Alice react to Ike's comments about Nick's father?

2. Before Nick made it in Hollywood, what was he?

3. Why do Ike, Mike, and Greer have to return to town?

4. Why does Alice offer to drive Ike and Shoola home?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Nick become successful in Hollywood?

2. How has the Underdog Club failed?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why does Shoola want to go home?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how love and attraction affect characters' actions, honesty, and the dynamics of the story.

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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