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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 is the climate on Faith Plantation like?

2. What does Erasmus Wilde compare the slaves to in Chapter 4, during conversation with Titch?

3. What does Washington discover about Emilie in Chapter 8?

4. What does Philip say to Washington the first time he sees his face after the burning accident?

5. What does Washington discover the sexton has been doing in relation to slaves?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Washington so taken aback by the ship's captain, Captain Benedikt, and his brother, in Part II, Chapter 2?

2. How does Washington discover his great talent, and what is that talent?

3. What does Farrow give to Titch in Part II, Chapter 4, that Titch is astounded to receive?

4. What is the real reason that Titch summons Washington in Chapter 4?

5. Where does Washington think he might be when he wakes up from the explosion in Chapter 9, and why?

6. What is Washington's first impression of the town when he sees it for the first time in Chapter 8?

7. In Chapter 8, why does Titch ask Erasmus for the use of more slaves?

8. What does Washington remember as the previous time he was wounded, before he was burned in the explosion, in Chapter 9?

9. What momentous news does Philip share with Titch and Erasmus in Chapter 10?

10. What is the slaves' first impression of their new master, Erasmus Wilde, in Chapter 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Washington agree to act as a diver and collector of specimens for Geoffrey Goff in Part III, Chapter 8, even though he knows Goff is blatantly using him and playing on Washington's affections towards Tanna? Write an essay explaining your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Why does Benedikt Kinast, the captain of the Ava Maria (the boat that Titch and Washington land on after escaping from Faith plantation) decide to give the two men sanctuary and safe passage, even though he clearly knows they are fugitives? Write an essay explaining your answer, referring to the events depicted in Part II, Chapters 1, 2, and 3.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring the range of feelings Washington experiences at stumbling, by chance, across the public execution by hanging of John Willard, the man who had been assigned as his bounty hunter.

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