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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. How much money does Dick get for his part in the drug deal tonight?

2. Where does Dick hide his skiff when it is spotted?

3. Why does Dick let Charlie pick up the money when they get back to shore?

4. What is a quahog?

5. What does Dick have to reprimand Charlie about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Parker's cunning behavior begin to signify?

2. How can Elsie be noted as the heroine of Chapter 10 and who would be the antithesis of that?

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

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

5. What is Dick's employment pattern and how does he plan to make money to finish his boat?

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

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

8. How does Dick feel about the fantasies that Elsie finds erotic?

9. How does Dick misread the message that Elsie sends when she tells him to leave her with the secret of their affair?

10. How does Elsie indicate that she is more interested in Dick and a relationship than he is regarding his not contacting her when he is out to sea longer than expected?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Create a brief character study of Dick. What does he look like? What are his positive personality traits? What are some of his negative characteristics? What are his hopes and fears? What motivates him--if anything--at this point in his life?

Essay Topic 2

Create a brief character study of Elsie. What does she look like? What are her positive personality traits? What are some of her negative characteristics? What are her hopes and fears? What motivates her--if anything--at this point in her life?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the overall setting for the novel. Why does Casey use the setting he does? What is the time period of the story? How important is the time period to the attitudes and issues of the characters?

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