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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 wakened Kitty in Chapter 29?

2. Who saved Joan when she had her first attack?

3. In Chapter 31, how far did Reg and Len have to walk from the train station to the ferry landing?

4. In Chapter 19, where did Len and Joan go after a Broadway play?

5. In Chapter 23, what flowers did Kitty have with her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What news did the Miltons and Dunc learn about Elsa and her family in Chapter 23?

2. In Chapter 30, what does Anne think when she sees the photograph of Moss, Evelyn, Joan, and Dickie that Evie shows her?

3. What does Min say about selling the island in Chapter 8?

4. At the end of Chapter 19, how often were Len and Joan meeting?

5. Why did Len find himself wandering through Pennsylvania Station in Chapter 18?

6. In Chapter 26 what did Joan and her father do together when they returned to the island?

7. What dream awakened Kitty in Chapter 29?

8. What does Evie remember about dinnertime on the island at the end of Chapter 27?

9. In Chapter 24, what papers did Len find at Milton Higginson?

10. What did Len and Joan do at the beginning of Chapter 19?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Moss was a troubled man who was not looking forward to becoming a banker. What did Moss long to do? How did the loss of his dreams lead to his death?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

A conflict is usually a struggle. What are some conflicts in the novel? Does the author use more internal or external conflicts? How do these conflicts affect the plot?

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