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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. What was the name of the character in Vietnam?

2. How much money did the group end up saving due to Etienne's bargaining?

3. What was left behind?

4. What pharmacy had the pills come from?

5. What was the name of the french male?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Richard feel about his parting from the two Americans the last time?

2. What were the two ways that Richard could get to the garden? Which route did Richard take and why?

3. What had made Jed's day bad?

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

5. What was the cue for Richard to call it a night?

6. What explanation did Richard offer for the shape of the island on which the Beach was located?

7. Why didn't Richard stay where he was in the tidal cave?

8. What had been Richards primary goal when he had started traveling? What were his goals, specifically?

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

10. Why did it surprise Richard that he had volunteered to go for the Rice Run?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Jed's reconnaissance missions for Sal. Why do you think he was given these missions? Would they contribute to Jeds' alienation from the rest of the camp, or is his alienation the result of his own doing? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Richard's character. What do his actions reveal about him? What psychological terms apply to Richard and his regard of human life and his actions? What other characters with this same psychological condition likely shared these traits with Richard and why?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the shark attack. In what manner was it the start of the downfall of paradise on the beach? How did it change things for the residents of the beach, and how were things never again the same afterward?

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