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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. While Rebecca climbs through the ruins of the Midwest Airlines Flight 997 crash, what does Jane remember?

2. What does Rebecca do when she realizes what has happened between her mother and Sam?

3. How does Oliver first meet Jane?

4. Why does Jane cry?

5. Oliver goes to Gloucester where he meets who?

Short Essay Questions

1. What takes place when Jane and Rebecca visit the Shedd Aquarium?

2. What happens the next morning after Jane sleeps with Sam?

3. What happens at the John Hopkins medical museum?

4. How does Oliver help a whale?

5. What complications do Sam and Oliver have when going after Rebecca and Hadley?

6. What happens to Jane when her mother and father argue and her mother eventually leaves?

7. What does Oliver recall about the morning after his wedding?

8. What happens when Jane tells her mother about her father's molestations?

9. What is Sam's view of the sheep shearing incident?

10. What does Jane admit to Joley about Sam?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Rebecca hitchhikes to Sand Castle Lane and spends a night with Hadley on Mt. Deception.

Part 1) Why does she hitchhike here? Through what difficulties must she go to get to Sand Castle Lane? Why does she do this?

Part 2) What is the significance of the name Sand Castle Lane?

Part 3) The relationship between Hadley and Rebecca ends on Mt. Deception. What is the significance of this mountain's name? What connection does the name have with events in the story?

Essay Topic 2

The author builds dislike for Oliver.

Part 1) How does the author build dislike for Oliver? Why does she build this dislike?

Part 2) How does this add contrast to the story? How does this contrast affect the story?

Part 3) How does the author, later in the book, show depth in this character? How does this building up of dislike add to the depth of the character?

Essay Topic 3

Oliver's first love is studying whales.

Part 1) How do you know this is his first love? How does this affect his marriage and relationship with his daughter?

Part 2) How does his knowledge and love of whales make him overly confident? How does this also lead to an understanding of himself?

Part 3) How is this love of whales and the connection with water threaded through this story and in the lives of other characters?

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