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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 13, what does the man Richard hitches a boat ride with say that his cargo is worth?
2. What type of plant matter is Skink covered in when he shows up at the beginning of Chapter 16?
3. What does Richard have to eat when he is on the houseboat with Malley and T.C. in Chapter 14?
4. In Chapter 16, what does Tommy shoot when Malley tries to give him some aspirin for a fever?
5. In Chapter 11, what does Richard say he saw a man run from on the sixteenth fairway of the golf course?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the weather like shortly after Skink arrives on the houseboat in Chapter 16?
2. What does Malley tell her parents when she calls them from a pay phone in Chapter 20?
3. What happens when Tommy tries to gut a catfish?
4. What does Skink look like when he shows up on the houseboat in Chapter 16?
5. Why will the houseboat engine not start in Chapter 17?
6. What does Tommy say about getting married to Malley?
7. What does Richard sees when he first views the houseboat?
8. Why does Nickle kill and transport gar in his boat?
9. Why does Richard not use bug repellant in Chapter 12?
10. What did Richard's dad once say about evil?
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
Malley mentions the ivory-billed woodpecker in one of her phone conversations with Richard. Why is mentioning the bird important to the search for Malley, and what does the bird symbolize when it is seen?
Essay Topic 3
Malley meets Tommy in an online chat room. What does Malley learn about the dangers of meeting someone online? How do her actions put her in danger and later affect decisions she makes?
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