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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. Why wasn't Richard to tell Sal and Bugs about the map and the Yanks?

3. Who was going on the rice run?

4. What had happened to the main character's neighbor?

5. What was the first thing that Richard did when he got into his hut?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the problem with the rucksacks and how was it solved?

2. Why had things become awkward between Richard and the French couple?

3. What had guaranteed that Richard would get batteries, and how had it come to pass?

4. How was it that Sal was the leader?

5. What did Francoise and Etienne fear when they had seen Richard chatting with the Americans? Why was this?

6. Why did Richard consider himself pretty lucky?

7. Why couldn't tourists visit the national parks?

8. What game did the three people play as they swum out to sea? How did Richard feel about the game?

9. What was the purpose of the lashed together branches?

10. What had the Filipino guy that Richard had met taught him about jellyfish?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the authors reasoning for having the island community addicted to marijuana. Provide an explanation for the author's reasons for including a narcotic plantation on the island, and offer up a non-drug related alternative that might have been employed.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Attempt to explain Sal's lying for Richard. What might she have hoped to gain in her lie? What is revealed about her in the following chapters, Karl runs away? How might this tie into Sal covering for Richard?

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