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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. In Chapter 14, who comes over to eat Chinese with Evie and her husband, when Paul is just returned from his trip?

2. What seafood was served in Chapter 11?

3. Who comes to Crockett Island when Ogden and Kitty are there at the end of Chapter 10?

4. At the end of Chapter 14, who was in a photograph that Paul shows Evie?

5. In Chapter 6, how many pairs of shoes did Harry Lowell say were being produced?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Evie's career, and what is she known for?

2. What does Evie think about her mother in Chapter 2?

3. In Chapter 5, what would Gerhard and Elsa do in Chapter 5?

4. What were the Milton children going to do in Chapter 13?

5. What were Kitty's thoughts in Chapter 1, as she headed to the Philharmonic?

6. What did Kitty think of Elsa when she met her in Chapter 11?

7. What did Elsa want Kitty to take?

8. In Chapter 9, what does Evie think about the Big House?

9. How did Evie meet her husband?

10. What photograph do Evie and Paul discuss in Chapter 17?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evie and Min have different feelings about getting rid of the island. What do each of them feel about the island and letting it go? How do they see the place differently? How does the perspective that each of them has affect their feelings about getting rid of the island?

Essay Topic 2

Mood is an element that authors use to evoke feelings in readers through the use of descriptive language. What is the overall mood of the novel? What color or colors would you choose to describe the mood in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Elsa was hanged by the Nazis. How did Ogden feel when he learned about Elsa’s death? How did Dunc and Kitty feel? Were they responsible for her death?

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