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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 has Ducane received permission to search?

2. What does Judy McGrath call Ducane?

3. On what part of the gun did the police find Biranne's finger prints?

4. What kind of animal has gone missing?

5. What does Theo suffer from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Eric write in his letter to Paula?

2. What is Mary thinking about as she walks along the beach?

3. Why is Mary okay with Ducane hitting Pierce?

4. How does Willy react when Mary asks him to marry her?

5. Why does Pierce say he has been hiding the cat?

6. Why does Willy's use of German irritate Mary?

7. What did McGrath use to do for Radeechy?

8. What do Kate and Ducane talk about as they walk towards Willy's cottage?

9. What does Ducane say he noticed in the pictures he took at the scene of Radeechy's death?

10. Why does John Ducane want to break up with Jessica?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1. Your parent or guardian has been given an opportunity to transfer to a job in Alaska. The transfer would neither help nor hurt his career, and all moving costs would be paid by the company.

2. Think about how your family's lives would change if you were to move to Alaska.

3. Now write to persuade your parent or guardian to take or to turn down the transfer to Alaska.

Essay Topic 2

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the time period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the characters alive at the end of the book. Compare his or her character to who he or she was at the beginning of the book to who he or she is at the end.

1) What did your character hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2) What events changed your character ideas about life?

3) How has your character changed by the end of the novel?

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