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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 Eddy find on the boat before falling asleep after Sing is killed?

2. What does Morgan say Mr. Sing sounds like to him?

3. How much does Johnson pay the black man after his first day on the chartered boat?

4. What does the black man call Morgan after he is injured?

5. How much does Morgan offer to pay Eddy after he decides not to kill him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Morgan wonder about the lawyer in Part 3?

2. How does Marie feel about her husband after he dies?

3. What does Morgan put up for a guarantee when chartering Freddy's boat?

4. How does Albert describe Morgan's wife?

5. What is Frankie paid to give to Morgan after he accepts the job from Sing?

6. What does Morgan do just before he meets with Sing on the shore?

7. What happens when Gordon sees MacWalsey at the bar?

8. What does Morgan consider doing when he enters the Channel with the Cubans, and why does he decide against it?

9. What does Morgan tell Eddy to do after he gets his money from Sing?

10. How does Morgan take care of the Cuban revolutionaries?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the stories told by the war veterans, and how do they affect Gordon?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Many different characters in this book were persuaded to do things that they would not have done of their own accord. What are some of these instances, and how did persuasion affect the course of the plot?

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