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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. Who does Paul say could buy out Evie's share of the island in Chapter 21?

2. At the end of Chapter 24, what did Len show Reg?

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

4. In Chapter 25, how old is Young Dick Sherman, the family lawyer?

5. Who calls Evie in Chapter 32?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 34 what correspondence do Evie and Min find addressed to their grandmother?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Dick Sherman reveal to Evie and her cousins about a request from their grandmother?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

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

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