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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. When was their rendezvous?
2. Under normal circumstances, how did guests find the beach?
3. What animal did Etienne encounter?
4. At what time would the camp be empty?
5. What joke were the two people playing on Richard?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What gave the illusion of a confined personal area, and how was the effect spoiled?
3. What did all the people that were taken to the beach have in common? Who was the odd person out?
4. How did Richard feel about his parting from the two Americans the last time?
5. What conveyed a sense or normalcy to Richard when he had woken up?
6. Why did Richard's reflection come as quite a shock?
7. What did Francoise and Etienne fear when they had seen Richard chatting with the Americans? Why was this?
8. What game did the three people play as they swum out to sea? How did Richard feel about the game?
9. What had guaranteed that Richard would get batteries, and how had it come to pass?
10. What was different between the beach and the world and how did it make Richard feel?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Attempt to explain the camps swarming and subsequent mutilation of the bodies of the rafters. Try and provide some explanations for this bizarre and frightening behavior. How does this mark the complete and utter dissolution of the camps' social structure?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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