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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 is Trent watching at the beginning of Chapter 6?
2. What does Skink find when he dives into the river in Chapter 10?
3. In Chapter 8, how long has it been since there has been a documented encounter with an ivory-billed woodpecker?
4. For how much does Dodge Olney sell turtle eggs on the black market?
5. What does Skink pick up off the road after he and Richard have been driving a while in Chapter 6?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happened during Marine Corporal Talbo Chock's funeral service?
2. In Chapter 9, what does Richard discover is packed in the trunk of the vehicle that Skink has been driving?
3. Who is Dodge Olney?
4. When Richard catches up with Skink in Chapter 5, what does Skink want him to do?
5. Why doesRichard not text Malley when he is waiting for her at the beach at the beginning of Chapter 1?
6. What has Malley told Richard about the boarding school where her parents are sending her?
7. Why does Skink go diving in the river in Chapter 10?
8. What does Richard's mother do for a living?
9. When and where was the last known population of the ivory-billed woodpecker wiped out?
10. According to Malley, who is Talbo Chock?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Malley and Richard have a strong relationship. How would you describe their relationship, and why did this relationship lead Richard to go looking for Malley?
Essay Topic 2
Richard is introduced to the book Silent Spring by Skink. Why does the book become important to Richard, and how does reading it affect him and decisions that he makes?
Essay Topic 3
Richard believes that Tommy is evil. What types of things does Tommy do in the novel that might be described as evil? What becomes known about his past activities? Why would Tommy have been considered evil by Richard or anyone else in the novel?
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