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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 is attached to the harpooned fish that allows the fishermen to follow it in the water?

2. What does Joxer Goode want to hire Dick to provide?

3. What do the dope sniffing dogs smell on shore?

4. Where did Dick and his friend, Larry Parker, once take a fifty-five foot boat?

5. What name does Parker call Dick?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Miss Perry and what is her relationship to Dick and his family?

2. What do Miss Perry's walking sticks represent to Dick?

3. What is revealed about Dick's leadership skills on the documentary trip?

4. How does Dick think May will respond if she ever finds out about his affair with Elsie?

5. Describe Dick's experience when he goes to Miss Perry's house to thank her for the loan.

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

SPARTINA is a classic story of man vs. nature. What does that classification entail? Why does this novel fit into this category? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the significance of the book's title. What did the author mean by calling the novel SPARTINA? Cite an example to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Striving takes on an almost human persona in this story. What is this literary technique called? Cite examples that support this position.

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