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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. How long does Dumpling say that the Slake can hold her breath?

2. Where does Sai sleep after the Prosperity goes on without Paiyoon and other crew members?

3. How much has Captain Sangra given Rian to pay gambling debts?

4. What type of shell does Bo wear on a leather cord around his neck?

5. How many whaling barks are anchored in the harbor of Avens Island when the Prosperity arrives?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sai learn how to sketch an area to create a map?

2. What is the whaling ship like?

3. What does Rian ask Sai to do after the captain gets sick and why?

4. What is Rian's story?

5. Why is it dangerous to wait until a squall hits to take in sails?

6. In Chapter 21, what conversation do Paiyoon and Rian have about the Sunderlands?

7. What does Captain Sangra tell Sai about Rian?

8. What do the whalers do with the whale they kill and why?

9. What does Sai realize about Master Paiyoon's reluctance to try to find the Sunderlands?

10. Why does Dumpling think he is seeing the Slake?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Rian desires status and money. How does Rian use deceit to try to get what she wants?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in The Last Mapmaker? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters?

Essay Topic 3

An inciting incident is an event in literature that causes and presents a problem that characters need to solve. What are some inciting incidents in The Last Mapmaker? Why are those inciting incidents?

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