Spartina Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

John Casey (novelist)
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 131 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Spartina Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

John Casey (novelist)
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 131 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What function will Elsie serve for Schuyler's movie?
(a) Historian.
(b) On-screen talent.
(c) Voiceover.
(d) Camerawoman.

2. Who comes to Dick's house on his birthday?
(a) His mother.
(b) Miss Perry.
(c) His mother-in-law.
(d) Miss Pearson.

3. Where does Dick spend most of his afternoons now?
(a) The library.
(b) The boat house.
(c) Elsie's house.
(d) The Neptune.

4. What is particularly notable about the whelps?
(a) They are lightweight.
(b) They are really big.
(c) They are pink.
(d) They smell bad.

5. What do Dick and his boys put in a fifty-five gallon drum?
(a) Clams.
(b) Sand.
(c) Oil.
(d) Mulch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dick go to Miss Perry's house in Chapter 29?

2. What does May call Dick's boat?

3. What is the name of the Rhode Island town where Dick lives?

4. What are Dick's plans to get more money to continue finishing his boat?

5. What is the rendezvous point for the drug deal?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author show the vulnerable side of Elsie's normally strong personality?

2. How does the author show that May is probably aware of Dick's affair with Elsie?

3. What is the Neptune?

4. What are the differences between how May and Elsie view Dick's boat project?

5. What are the two viable options for funding for Dick's boat at this point?

6. What is the premise of SPARTINA?

7. How does Joxer's bad luck change the immediate future for more than himself?

8. What advice does May give Dick before leaving on the swordfish trip which will be filmed for Schuyler's documentary?

9. What is Dick's internal conflict about working for others to get the funds necessary to finish his boat?

10. How does Dick justify the loss of his family's land by taking advantage of the relationships he has with wealthy people in the area?

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