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

2. Who does Washington dream about in Part II, Chapter 7?

3. What does Tanna ask Washington to teach her how to do?

4. What do Tanna and Washington do in Part III, Chapter 12?

5. What was Peter Haas's first expedition as a young man?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What instrument does Peter House try to give to Washington in Part IV, Chapter 10, that has sentimental value for him?

3. What two pieces of information does Washington learn about Kit from the Abolitionist Society for the Betterment and Integration of Former Slaves?

4. What is the main source of tension between Mr. Goff and Washington in Part III, Chapter 9?

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

6. In Part IV, Chapter 15, what pursuit does Titch tell Washington he has been interested in lately?

7. In Part III, Chapter 10, who does Washington meet that chills his blood and why does he feel such fear?

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

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

10. In Part III, Chapter 3, why do the two men in the pub seem to start the fight with Washington and Medwin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the end of the novel, after Washington has finally tracked down Titch and asked him the questions he has been longing to ask, do you think Washington has found the answers and closure he has sought all through the years since his separation from Titch? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write an essay exploring Washington's feelings towards Edgar Farrow, the sexton in Norfolk in Part II, Chapter 4. How do Washington's impressions of Farrow change, if at all, when he finds out Farrow helps runaway slaves from America to safe passage north to Canada?

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