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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. From what city does Captain Kelley come?

2. Even though Bus Adams is a married man, he has a girlfriend in the South Pacific named _____________.

3. Who raids the Barzan plantation demanding the return of all American goods?

4. Paul compared his survival of the plane crash as _________________.

5. What does Bloody Mary want Joe to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Bus and Tony want to make a stop on the island of Luana Pori?

2. Who is Latouche Barzan and what is her relationship with Bus Adams?

3. Why is Joe conflicted by his orders to shut down Bloody Mary's trading post?

4. What are Bloody Mary's plans for Joe?

5. What is the sacred pig ceremony that the men partake in?

6. How does Joe lie when the men talk about becoming intimate with native girls?

7. Under what circumstances does Latouche kill her husband?

8. How does the chaplain compare the pig ceremony to some aspects of Christianity and how it goes against the American practices of consumption?

9. What is Pearlstein's strategy to complete the airstrip?

10. What is the irony of how Kelley's discipline benefits the navy but is disastrous in his personal life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the concept of loneliness as it exhibits in the story. Which of the characters are lonely? Are they all lonely in some way? Explain the loneliness and the methods and attempts to overcome it.

Essay Topic 2

Michener writes most of these stories with a subliminal theme of the fear of death. Choose three characters from any of the stories and give their views on death. Are they afraid? Do they live in denial? How do they approach it?

Essay Topic 3

There are several events of foreshadowing in the stories. Define foreshadowing. Cite at least two situations in the stories that serve as foreshadowing.

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