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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Pat Conroy write The Water is Wide?
(a) To understand his time on Yamacraw Island.
(b) For his students.
(c) Barbara makes him.
(d) To get back at the administration.

2. What news does Howard Sedgwick give Pat Conroy in Chapter 11?
(a) He gets a raise.
(b) He is fired.
(c) The oysters are edible.
(d) His wife is pregnant.

3. When do Pat Conroy and Barbara get married?
(a) September.
(b) October.
(c) August.
(d) July.

4. What happens in January that hasn't happened on Yamacraw Island since 1952?
(a) A bad cold spell.
(b) The river floods the town.
(c) The fish start migrating.
(d) The oysters are edible.

5. Pat Conroy feels he is fighting against what at the school?
(a) The moths.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Overachievers.
(d) The weather.

6. What basketball team does Pat Conroy take the boys to see?
(a) The Lakers.
(b) The Pistons.
(c) The Bulls.
(d) The Globetrotters.

7. In Chapter 8, how does Pat Conroy confront the school administration?
(a) Parent intervention.
(b) Editorial columns.
(c) Angry letters.
(d) Angry phone calls.

8. In Chapter 8, Zeke and Pat Conroy hit what on the river?
(a) A stranded ship.
(b) The coast guard.
(c) Sharks.
(d) A sandbar.

9. In Chapter 11, Dr. Piedmont complains Pat Conroy's hair is what?
(a) Turning gray.
(b) Dirty.
(c) Unflattering to his image.
(d) Too long.

10. What do the boys wear to graduation?
(a) Blue jeans.
(b) Tuxedos.
(c) Black suits.
(d) Dark blue suits.

11. Barbara invites the girls to her house for what holiday?
(a) Valentine's Day.
(b) Halloween.
(c) St. Patrick's Day.
(d) May Day.

12. Pat Conroy believes he must learn to accept what, because it's everywhere?
(a) "Poverty."
(b) "Bullcrap."
(c) "Ignorance."
(d) "Dirty politics."

13. Yamacraw visitor Dick is from what city?
(a) New York.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Boston.
(d) Chicago.

14. Zeke jokes Pat Conroy should be careful of what, in the cold?
(a) Freezing off his right arm.
(b) Catching smallpox.
(c) Getting sunburned.
(d) The polar bears.

15. The judge rules the school board has "the power to fire any teacher considered" ______?
(a) "Unkempt."
(b) "Insubordinant."
(c) "Subversive."
(d) "Undesirable."

Short Answer Questions

1. What helps relieve Pat Conroy's anger at his dismissal?

2. In college, Pat Conroy was accused of having what kind of a nose?

3. In Chapter 12, Pat Conroy thinks Dr. Piedmont and Bennington are too affected by what?

4. Who has the best rifle collection on the island?

5. Who hangs the shocking pictures on the board in Chapter 7?

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