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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of animal does Pat Conroy give his students?
(a) Mice.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Cats.
(d) Rabbits.

2. During the time period of The Water is Wide, Brazil produced the most what for the world?
(a) Tobacco.
(b) Models.
(c) Tea.
(d) Coffee.

3. What could interfere with Lou's mail delivery on the island?
(a) Her bad back.
(b) Weather and her mood.
(c) Dogs not tied up.
(d) A broken mail truck.

4. What book is Cindy Lou's favorite?
(a) Goodnight Moon.
(b) The Little Engine that Could.
(c) Gone with the Wind.
(d) Tommy the Telephone.

5. What type of insect tortures Pat Conroy on Yamacraw?
(a) Beetles.
(b) Mosquitoes.
(c) Cockroaches.
(d) Butterflies.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people left Yamacraw in the migration?

2. Who is a "poetess of profanity?"

3. What saying hung in the classroom on Pat Conroy's visit?

4. At the end of September, where does Pat Conroy move?

5. Who tries to prevent the students from leaving Yamacraw Island for Halloween?

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