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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 the black man on the boat spend his daily stipend on every night?

2. Who kills Mr. Sing?

3. How many immigrants need Morgan to smuggle them at the beginning of the book?

4. What does Eddy find on the boat before falling asleep after Sing is killed?

5. At the beginning of the book, what does Morgan say his cargo will never do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Wesley say about his wound when Morgan leaves Woman Key?

2. What does Harrison hope to do when he sees Morgan's boat in Woman Key?

3. What does Roberto say when they push Albert's body overboard?

4. What does Marie do when she hears that her husband is dead?

5. What does Mr. Sing hire Morgan to do?

6. What do three men beg Morgan for at the beginning of the book?

7. What word does Mrs. Gordon say she hates, and how does her husband respond to this?

8. What happens just after Morgan refuses to do what three men are begging him to do at the beginning of the book?

9. Why does Morgan say Sing was not a very good business man?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

The characters in this book all had their own goals and motivations. Select four characters, write their main motivation throughout the book, and explain how this goal affected the characters around them.

Essay Topic 3

Explain some of the different smuggling scenes, what the outcomes were, and how these events affected the tone of the book.

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