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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. In Chapter 19, how big is the boar that chases Malley and Richard?
2. What color bracelets does Richard think he sees Malley wearing when he first sees her in Chapter 13?
3. When did a Spanish flotilla sail into Tampa Bay and pitch camp?
4. How many pigs did the Spanish explorers have when they landed in Florida in the 1500s?
5. Who does Richard say is to blame for his dilemma in Chapter 19?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Richard do in Saint Augustine that he had been keeping a secret?
2. What does Malley tell her parents when she calls them from a pay phone in Chapter 20?
3. Why does Richard say that Hernando de Soto is responsible for the dilemma he and Malley find themselves in in Chapter 19?
4. Why does Nickle kill and transport gar in his boat?
5. Why does Richard not think that he and Malley see an ivory-billed woodpecker in Chapter 18?
6. Why does Richard say that his stepfather is not a total wimp?
7. How does Malley say that Tommy got the houseboat?
8. What does Richard sees when he first views the houseboat?
9. What does Skink look like when he shows up on the houseboat in Chapter 16?
10. What happens when Tommy tries to gut a catfish?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Clint Tyree is given the nickname Skink by his friend Tile. What is a skink, why is the nickname appropriate for Tyree. What does the name symbolize?
Essay Topic 2
Richard refers to Skink as his grandfather several times. What type of relationship develops between Richard and Skink, and in what way does Skink serve as a grandfather to Richard?
Essay Topic 3
Richard and Skink find their pasts catching up with them in the novel. In what ways do both have to face events from the past? How do these events affect activities and events in the present?
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