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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 long was Lee Warshaw on an island after his plane crashed?

2. In Part 1, Chapter 3, who did Albert remember scratching his head while he watched dust devils?

3. Who did Erwin want to call about Hazel's head injury?

4. Where was Turk's father sent when he was packed off to an institution?

5. In Part 1, Chapter 2, how much did Tanawat Kongkatitum charge for a bowl of shisha and hash?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 1, Chapter 2, where did Vikram leave Albert Caldwell?

2. What was Jane like when Sarah first met her?

3. How and where did Hazel sleep at the Vornado's Montauk house?

4. What analogy is used to describe the trouble Albert had remembering things in Part 1, Chapter 3?

5. What was Turk's family history?

6. What did Sarah Saltwater consider about the tendency of people to speak the most on subjects they knew the least about?

7. How did Erwin feel after being on Bo's boat for five minutes?

8. Who is Hazel Saltwater?

9. What did Hazel's family take when they went to Montauk to visit the Vornados?

10. Who is Tanawat Kongkatitum, and where did he live in 1978?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Imagery is a literary device authors use to describe something using the five senses to help readers experience what a character is experiencing. How does the author use imagery to help readers imagine the world he has created?

Essay Topic 2

The setting in a book is the place or places where the action takes place. Where does the story take place? Is the setting simply a backdrop to the story and characters or does it take on the role of a character?

Essay Topic 3

Albert is 74 in most of the novel. How does old age affect Albert? Why does he think he is “lord of a crumbling manor” (181) because of old age?

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