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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 has Sam put into the car?

2. How is Jane surprised by Sam?

3. What happens after Jane's mother confronts her husband about abusing Jane, and he beats her?

4. In what is a three-year-old, thirty-foot-long, fifty-thousand-pound female humpback whale tangled?

5. Why does Sam hand Jane off to Hadley and Joley at the first opportunity?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens when Rebecca wakes up?

5. What does Jane admit to Joley about Sam?

6. How does Oliver help a whale?

7. How does Oliver try to show Jane and Rebecca where he is?

8. What takes place in the last moments between Sam and Jane?

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

10. How does this scene become slightly awkward?

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

There are references to Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden.

Part 1) When is there reference to Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden? Is this reference direct or indirect? Explain.

Part 2) What is the purpose of this reference? How does it affect the rest of the story?

Part 3) What message is sent to the audience through this reference? Must one have knowledge of this Biblical story to fully understand this novel? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Jane has two love interests.

Part 1) Who are her two love interests? Compare her two love interests.

Part 2) How does Jane find herself with two love interests? What are her thoughts about these two men? What are others' thoughts about these two men?

Part 3) How is her life affected by these two men? Can it ever go back to the way it was? Why or why not?

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