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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. Where does Ngea sit, prior to the death ceremony?

2. Who is rumored to call for peace?

3. Where will the funeral boat take Ngea?

4. While ill, how does Dr. Rivers get news of the war?

5. Who does Wansbeck admit to having conversations with?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 3, Chapter 14, what does the spirit of Ngea do in is Dr. Rivers's dream?

2. What is ironic about Billy's death?

3. By Part 3, Chapter 16, why is Dr. Rivers one of the few doctors that remain practicing?

4. What are some negatives that Billy experiences in Part 2, Chapter 13?

5. What is Billy's state of mind in Part 2, Chapter 13?

6. What provokes Dr. Rivers's dreams of Njiru?

7. Who is Ngea? Describe his death.

8. In Part 2, Chapter 11, how does Billy describe his living conditions and why does this bother him?

9. How long must Ngea's widow remain in mourning and what does the mourning entail?

10. Describe Dr. Rivers's response in his feverish dreams to Emele's mourning.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the role of responsibility and how it affects the characters is The Ghost Road.

1) Who does Dr. Rivers feel responsible for? Why?

2) How does Billy's sense of responsibility grow and develop throughout the novel?

3) What is the war responsible for?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the civilization at Eddystone and its customs to the modern-day customs practiced by those in The Ghost Road.

1) What do the two civilizations have in common? What are their differences?

2) What could the civilizations learn from each other?

3) Does Dr. Rivers use the insight he gained from his time in Eddystone? If so, how?

Essay Topic 3

Dr. Rivers tells much of his story through a dream state, induced by a flu fever.

1) What is the focus of Dr. Rivers's dreams?

2) Who appears in his dreams?

3) Do his dreams provide him any sort of comfort or resolution? If not, what do they accomplish?

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