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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. How does Bloody Mary get her name?

2. From what city does Captain Kelley come?

3. What job does the narrator have during this operation?

4. What is a boar?

5. With what do the men fill the ravine in the middle of the island?

Short Essay Questions

1. What concerns does Lt. Pearlstein have about a ravine and a coral hill on Konora?

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

3. How is Captain Kelley compared to Captain Bligh of the Bounty?

4. What are the conditions that have the Seabees overworked and frazzled?

5. How does Joe accept Liat's marriage to Benoit?

6. What job is Commander Hoag ordered to complete on the tiny island of Konora?

7. Under what circumstances does Latouche kill her husband?

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

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

10. How does the letter Bill Harbison writes to his wife compare to the one Timothy Hewitt writes to his wife?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Michener is a master at dramatic devices. Choose an example of symbolism, metaphors, and irony, briefly describe them and identify the technique which they embody.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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