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

2. How many passengers are on the boat that drives by Morgan at Woman Key?

3. Who tries to cheer Morgan up after Johnson is confirmed as having fled?

4. Where is Morgan injured while working with the black man?

5. What happens shortly after Morgan refuses to smuggle immigrants at the beginning of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Frankie make a living in Havana?

2. How does Carpenter describe his relationship with Johnston?

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

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

5. What is described in the last lines of the book?

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

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

8. What does the doctor assure Marie of when he talks about Morgan's death?

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

10. What are Morgan's girls happy about when he returns home at the end of Part 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that characters involved in those scenes?

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