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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 college did Harbison's wife attend?

2. What is a Japanese AKA boat?

3. What country is saved with the destruction of the Japanese fleet?

4. What is the nationality of the Remittance Man?

5. How old is Teta Christian at the time the narrator visited Norfolk Island?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Bill Harbison called a social snob?

2. What is the secret operation called "Alligator"?

3. What irony is revealed regarding the British treatment of prisoners on the island and the activities of the Allies now?

4. Who is the Remittance Man?

5. What is Tony Fry known for because there is so much down time on the islands?

6. What is the content of "The South Pacific" story?

7. Who is Dinah Culbert and what is her relationship to Bill Harbison?

8. Why are PT boats considered inadequate and what measures are put into place to help support them?

9. What makes the narrator decide to postpone the decision to cut down the trees on Norfolk Island?

10. Who is the woman who is the center of the story in "Our Heroine"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Create a character study of Tony Fry. What are his physical characteristics? What are his motivations? What are his fears? What are his dreams? What else can you say about Tony?

Essay Topic 2

Explain Michener's use of regionalism in the book. Cite examples of at least two different instances of regionalism and explain why the author used them where he did.

Essay Topic 3

Why did Michener choose to use the first person narrator perspective for the stories? What does this point of view entail? What does this point of view allow? What is limiting about this point of view?

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