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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 is Hunter standing next to in the picture?

2. Who does Hunter owe money to in this section?

3. What did a fisherman use to hit the King?

4. What country does Hunter think controlled the entire pacific?

5. What kind of fish do the fisherman hope to capture in this section?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Ralph's picture that accompanies the Law of the Splintered Oar story.

2. What is the group's plan regarding South Point?

3. How does Hunter describe sport fishing in Hawaii?

4. How does Captain Cook anger the natives in this section?

5. How does Hunter scare the crowd at the weigh in?

6. How does Hunter betray Steve in this section?

7. What does Juan think about his trip to Hawaii?

8. What is the story of the Law of the Splintered Oar?

9. What problems does Hunter have at the beginning of the ninth section?

10. How does Ralph depict Steve in this section?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 2

What are the main turning points of the book? How does Thompson develop his story to get to each turning point? What happens to the story after a major turning point?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of Iris Hunter's previous book and contrast it with Curse of Lono in terms of the following:

1. Style.

2. Structure.

3. Themes.

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