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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 does Ducane tell Mary is wrong with him?

2. Who is Ducane having a drink with at the beginning of chapter 39?

3. Whose presence calms Ducane?

4. What does Pierce have tucked into his pants?

5. Why is Durane angry in chapter 28?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Octavian and Kate decide to forgive Ducane?

2. How does Mar react when she sees Mingo, Pierce and Ducane swimming out of the cave?

3. How does Mary react to Willy breaking their engagement?

4. How do Pierce and Ducane get themselves above the tideline?

5. How does Ducane help Biranne in chapter 37?

6. What do the three women write in their letters to Ducane?

7. Why does Ducane resign from his job?

8. What does Eric write in his letter to Pala?

9. What does Richard promise Paula?

10. What does Jessica find out about Ducane at the end of chapter 27?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss elements of the narrative structure; Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. How does the author use all these elements to create a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following and examine what expresses about 1960s society:

1) The estate.

2) Ducane's womanizing .

3) The occult.

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the characters in the novel and discuss how he or she would cope in two of the following scenarios:

1. Radeecy's fakes his suicide.

2. The police ask all the characters to be called in for questioning.

3. Biranne is found guilty of Radeechy's murder.

4. Pierce dies in the cave.

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