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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 calls Evie in Chapter 32?

2. In Chapter 20, what did Reg do when Len was busy?

3. In Chapter 21, to whom did Evie's dining room table belong to?

4. For how many years did Kitty look for Wilhelm Hoffman?

5. In Chapter 35, where did Reg go after lunch?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 22, what did Joan tell Len he should do if she had a seizure, and what did he do about that?

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

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

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

6. What were Kitty's thoughts when she watched Len and Reg walk toward her and the others?

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

8. How did Joan do when Kitty say her in the front room with Len in Chapter 33?

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

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

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

Ogden expected Moss to follow him into the family business. What expectations did Ogden and Kitty have for their children? What is revealed about family expectations and the burdens they can cause?

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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