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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 day of the week did Len start perusing old records at his desk in Chapter 16?

2. What color did the MIltons paint the floors at the Big House in Chapter 12?

3. In Chapter 3, how long did it take Ogden to get back home?

4. When was the account of Marie, anchoress of Saint Leraux, that Evie read written?

5. In Chapter 12, what shape rock did Moss find on the first day they came to the island?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 7, what picture does Evie have of her grandparents?

3. How did Evelyn and Dickie's relationship unfold?

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

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

6. How did Kitty appear to be doing after Neddy's death, and how was she really doing in Chapter 6?

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

8. How did Mrs. Ames prepared for the Milton's arrival in June of 1959?

9. How did Kitty and Ogden have the house on Crockett Island fixed up?

10. When was Paul introduced to stumble stones, and what are they?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evie is a professor of history. What is revealed about history through her career and her lessons to her students?

Essay Topic 2

The island became a favorite place for the Miltons. What did the island symbolize?

Essay Topic 3

Joan had seizures. What were some words that were used to describe her seizures? What limitations was it thought that her seizures put upon her? What is revealed about attitudes toward epilepsy through Joan’s experiences?

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