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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. Who meets Parker, Dick and Keith when they dock?

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

3. Who comes to look at Dick's boat in Chapter 14?

4. What bothers Dick about Elsie?

5. What do Dick and Elsie do at Elsie's house?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the Neptune?

4. Explain Dick's thoughts as he begins to understand the complications of the drug smuggling situation with Parker.

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Project into the future ten years and write a brief synopsis for the lives of Dick, May, Elsie and Parker. Be sure to include emotional states as well as physical characteristics, geographic locations, work, hobbies, socialization, etc.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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