View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What food item from Yamacraw is famous?
(a) Honey.
(b) Pralines.
(c) Seaweed.
(d) Oysters.

3. Cindy Lou protests what about Halloween?
(a) All the "poisoned apples."
(b) Dressing up in "ghost clothes."
(c) Eating "free candy."
(d) Dressing up as "a witch."

4. Who is the deputy superintendent?
(a) Ezra Bennington.
(b) George Garbade.
(c) Bernie Schien.
(d) Dr. Piedmont.

5. Zeke is concerned about the what in Yamacraw?
(a) Prejudice.
(b) Lack of the arts.
(c) Hurricanes.
(d) Disease.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is home protection in voodoo?

2. Who gets injured during the Halloween festivities?

3. Pat Conroy hangs a poster of which classical artist on the classroom wall?

4. The students thought the word Conroy was what?

5. Who is described as a "portrait of efficiency?"

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Brown object to singing into the tape recorder in the classroom?

2. What type of things have the students at Yamacraw school not been taught?

3. Why did Pat Conroy enjoy swearing as a teen?

4. In Chapter 2, what does Mrs. Brown warn Pat Conroy now that he's "overseas?"

5. Why is Pat Conroy concerned about the treatment of animals on the island?

6. How do the people on the island react to the two students from Cowell College?

7. Why are the parents against Pat Conroy's idea to take the children off the island to celebrate Halloween?

8. Why does Pat Conroy express surprise upon learning that children of Yamacraw never celebrate Halloween?

9. Physically describe Bennington.

10. How does Pat Conroy convince the parents of Yamacraw to send their children to South Carolina for Halloween?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 597 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample