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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 many fishermen from Kilauran are lost at sea?

2. What does Lucy do with her time now that she has left school?

3. What did the men give the recruit directions to?

4. What occupation does the railway porter pursue next?

5. How many pages are there in Vanity Fair?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Lucy's feelings towards Ralph?

2. Who is the railway porter? How was he injured?

3. How does Heloise feel in this chapter?

4. How is Captain Gault affected by his injuries?

5. How has Lucy changed in this chapter? How is she doing?

6. How does Lucy see her future and present circumstances?

7. How does Heloise feel?

8. What was Ralph's childhood like?

9. How does the porter, and later house painter, feel about what he did when he was injured?

10. What is the financial and emotional state of Lucy's parents? Where have they gone?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that serves as a fictional biography of Horahan, the man who as a boy was shot by Captain Gault. Feel free to take artistic license through creative writing to fill in any gaps left by the narrative of the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on parenting, documenting the roles and responsibilities of parents and children. Be sure to address how parenting has changed over time, and how the experience of today's parents is different from those of previous centuries.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay documenting the history of influenza, its effect upon the human race, how medical science has aided our fight against the flu, and the continued dangers posed by influenza epidemics.

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