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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 much money did the group end up saving due to Etienne's bargaining?
2. What labels did Richard put on a map?
3. What three letter term is repeated throughout the section "Getting There"?
4. Why was Bugs respected?
5. What was the dimensions of the boat?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was different between the beach and the world and how did it make Richard feel?
2. What gave the illusion of a confined personal area, and how was the effect spoiled?
3. What did Francoise and Etienne fear when they had seen Richard chatting with the Americans? Why was this?
4. Why didn't Richard stay where he was in the tidal cave?
5. What had guaranteed that Richard would get batteries, and how had it come to pass?
6. What did Richard realize that he would have to do when he came to the cliffs and the waterfall? What did he imagine when he had looked at the waterfall and the pool beneath?
7. What did all the people that were taken to the beach have in common? Who was the odd person out?
8. Why did Richard keep an open mind when it came to Jed?
9. How did Richard feel about his parting from the two Americans the last time?
10. What was the problem with the rucksacks and how was it solved?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the camp's reaction to Richard 'doing things' for Sal. How did people go out of their way to be nice to him and friendly with him? What likely prompted this sudden interest in Richard? What perspective does the reader take of Richard's association with Sal?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Sal and Daffy's relationship. What evidence is there to suggest that there was more than just friendship on their minds? Has this evidence left the reader to suspect that they may have been romantically linked? If not, is there evidence to suggest that either Sal or Daffy wanted to be more than just friends? Explain.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Sal's descent from leader to dictator. Was it likely that the rest of the camp understood or noticed the change in Sal? How or why not? Hypothesize on whether or not this had an impact on the commune's downfall.
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