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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. With what fabric does Latouche make a wedding dress?

2. Who is the nun who prepares a meal at the hospital?

3. What item of Luther Billis' fascinates Tony Fry?

4. Who does Joe tell about his affair with Liat?

5. The men are told that they will lead the next strike on ____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Atabrine and what do the natives use it for?

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

3. How does Joe rationalize that Liat is not a native savage?

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

5. How does Dr. Paul Benoway decide on not censoring Timothy Hewitt's letters to his wife?

6. Who is Achilles Barzan and why is he a fugitive?

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

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

9. Who is Bloody Mary and how did she get her name?

10. What is the true so-called "strike" of the story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Michener uses more than one instance of irony in the story. Cite at least two other examples you can identify in the story and note why they are examples of irony. What is the major irony in the story? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

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

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