Washington Black Test | Final Test - Hard

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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 Tanna ask Washington to do for her and her father in Part III, Chapter 7?

2. What does Washington finally begin to understand about himself in Part IV, Chapter 3?

3. How does Washington feel when he goes underwater on his dive with the Goffs?

4. Where do Tanna and Washington meet Goff in Part IV, Chapter 8?

5. Which worker particularly likes Tanna at the shop where they are buying the tanks for the aquarium?

Short Essay Questions

1. What unorthodox question does Washington ask Tanna in Part III, Chapter 12, that makes Tanna laugh at Washington's oddity? What does each character answer to the question?

2. How do Titch and Washington part ways in Part II, Chapter 7?

3. How does Washington work out the right adjustments to be able to keep the sea creatures alive in an aquarium?

4. What passes between Titch and his father, Mister Wilde, that upsets Titch so much that he leaves the camp in Part II, Chapter 7?

5. What does Medwin tell Washington in Part III, Chapter 5, that upends his life and makes him tremble with anxiety?

6. What does Peter House tell Washington happened to Titch when he left the camp in the Arctic before Mr. Wilde died?

7. In Part III, Chapter 2, why does Washington eventually stop using an alias?

8. In Part II, Chapter 7, what does Washington dream about Kit?

9. What surprises Washington the most about his meeting with Willard in Part III?

10. What story does Willard tell Washington in Part III, Chapter 10 that is a deeply unsettling "fable?"

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing the range of reactions, thoughts and emotions Washington experiences upon finding out that Big Kit was his biological mother.

Essay Topic 3

How does Washington eventually come to view Titch's motivations in helping him escape captivity, and Titch's morally commendable views in favor of abolition, in a more negative light? Why and how do Washington's perceptions of Titch's motivations change? Write an essay explaining your answer.

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