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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 did Joan and Len eat at the end of Chapter 22?

2. In Chapter 29, who did Kitty remember being frightened by the fog on the island?

3. When did Elsa die?

4. How old was Evie when her father died?

5. What does Charlie give Evie that he says her father wanted to be placed on a point on the island in Chapter 36?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Reg do in Chapter 20 with Len occupied?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How were the Miltons labelled and perceived by other characters in the novel. Did they live up to these assumptions, or did they defy them?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Joan took a job as a typist for a book publisher. Why was it unusual for a woman in Joan’s position to have a job, and what barriers was she pushing against? What barriers was her publisher trying to break through? What is communicated about breaking barriers through her job?

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