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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. When did Moss die?

2. In Chapter 30, what does Evie dream about?

3. What type of socks does Seth need in Chapter 21?

4. Who calls Evie in Chapter 32?

5. Where did Kitty find Len and Joan at the end of Chapter 33?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What dream awakened Kitty in Chapter 29?

4. In Chapter 18, what did Joan think about Len after he had drinks with her and her brother?

5. In Chapter 29, who arrived at the end of the chapter, and what did Joan think when she saw them?

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

7. Who joins the Miltons on the island, and what do they bring in Chapter 28?

8. In Chapter 28, what did Moss tell Joan?

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

10. What promise did Charlie Levy's father ask him to make, and what does Charlie do about it in Chapter 36?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ogden’s father took him to visit the Erie Canal when he was a boy. What did Ogden learn when he was there? What principle did he learn that became a guideline by which he lived his life?

Essay Topic 2

The Miltons had definite ideas about behavior and one’s station in life. What is revealed about behavior and environment through the Miltons?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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