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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. In Chapter 8, "The Pinnace," what instruction does the narrator give his sons on the Sunday at Falconhurst?
2. What does the family decide to name "Tentholm"?
3. In Chapter 7, "Bread," what creature does Fritz catch that ends up towing their boat in to shore?
4. In Chapter 8, "The Pinnace," what agreement does the narrator make with his wife?
5. What suggestion does Fritz make about their barrel boat?
Short Essay Questions
1. On the second morning, why are the dogs afraid of Fritz, and how does he win them over?
2. In Chapter 4, "Back to the Wreck," how does Elizabeth react when Jack and Ernest fail to shoot the birds when they are traveling through the tall grass?
3. In Chapter 7, "Bread," what is convenient about Jack's discovery of clay?
4. When the children are told of the decision to move to the grove of trees, what is their response and what is it an allusion to?
5. In Chapter 9, "A Growing Menagerie," how does Ernest eventually end up owning the monkey, Knips?
6. When Ernest finds oysters and salt, what is the narrator's response?
7. What is convenient about the discovery of the dead shark's body?
8. In Chapter 7, "Bread," what does the reader learn about the mission of the ship, and why is this so fortunate for the family?
9. When Fritz shoots the margay, how does Ernest react, and what does the narrator tell him?
10. In Chapter 8, "The Pinnace," what do Elizabeth and the narrator disagree about, and what is the outcome of their disagreement?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The island on which the family is shipwrecked has an astonishing capacity to support life. At one point, the children allude to the Biblical "Promised Land" (57). Write an essay in which you analyze the religious significance of the island as a "Promised Land." What does this phrase mean to Christians, and what additional meaning did it have during a time of colonial expansion? What does it likely signify about the island and the relationship of the family to their God? What does it signify about Europeans and their relationship to God?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the novel's narrative voice: how does it characterize the narrator, how would you describe the narrator's language, and how does it impact the reader's experience of the story?
Essay Topic 3
This book was originally composed as a series of stories and then later compiled into a novel. Write an essay in which you analyze the impact this origin has had on the book's overall structure and effect on the reader.
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