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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 are the passengers doing on the boat that drives by Morgan at Woman Key?

2. Where do immigrants want Morgan to take them at the beginning of the book?

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

4. Where does Mr. Sing want Morgan to take some men?

5. What is Morgan afraid the immigrants will do to his boat?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does MacWalsey say to Gordon when they see each other at the bar?

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

4. What does Morgan find on board just as he is about to drift to the place where he will meet Sing?

5. How does Marie plan to deal with the death of her husband?

6. Who are the men on the yacht at Pier 4?

7. How does the tax man plan to kill himself, and what is the one drawback about it for him?

8. What does Morgan notice after taking the wheel back from Emilio?

9. What does Johnson do when he gets a huge marlin on his line, and how does Morgan respond to this?

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

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

Essay Topic 2

Despair was a theme that was placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role does despair play in this book?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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