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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 Ethan do when he can't get to sleep at the beginning of the book?

2. What is Ethan's last name?

3. What does Mary say Ethan is wallowing in?

4. What does Ethan say his wife never does when they talk?

5. Why does Baker say he has the wives leave when he begins talking about business?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ellen ask Ethan about while he is dressing for dinner, and what is his response?

2. How does Margie act when she comes to Ethan's house for dinner, and how does Ethan feel about this?

3. What does Ethan say will happen if Baker is able to get Danny's to make him a guardian?

4. What kind of bad things are good men doing in Ethan's town?

5. What does Ethan think of when he goes to the old harbor?

6. What causes Ethan to forget to open the store doors the day before Easter?

7. What did Mary hear when she had her fortune read?

8. What is the contest that Ethan's children want to join?

9. What does Ethan think about when he wakes up on the Saturday before Easter?

10. What did Ethan like to shoot as a child, and what ended his love for hunting?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Where did the talisman come from, and what does it mean to the main characters in the book.

Essay Topic 2

Power and greed are two common themes in this book. Where do they appear, and how do they differ in their manifestations?

Essay Topic 3

What role does symbolism play in the story and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

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