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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What saying hung in the classroom on Pat Conroy's visit?
(a) Learn and all will follow.
(b) Just do it.
(c) Dream it and do it.
(d) Education is the key to success.

2. Why is it impossible to commute to the island?
(a) No transportation.
(b) Treacherous weather.
(c) Pirates.
(d) Too expensive.

3. What type of the welcome do the students receive in South Carolina?
(a) Excited greetings.
(b) Jeering.
(c) Lukewarm attention.
(d) They are ignored.

4. What caused migration away from Yamacraw?
(a) Hurricanes.
(b) A factory's pollutants.
(c) A desire for education.
(d) Lack of vaccines.

5. What object talks for Mrs. Graves when she gets mad?
(a) "The Hand."
(b) "The Fist."
(c) "Betsy."
(d) "The Hammer."

Short Answer Questions

1. What sport goes violently wrong when Pat Conroy tries to teach it?

2. How many books were donated to the Yamacraw community center?

3. Who in South Carolina sent the kids letters after their Halloween trip?

4. Who had a "white school" built on the island?

5. Who is the king of Yamacraw Island?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What revelation helps Pat Conroy realize the Stones are frighteningly racist?

3. Explain why the Yamacraw oyster trade fell apart.

4. What things go right on the Halloween trip to South Carolina?

5. What does Bennington warn Pat Conroy of on his first expedition to the island?

6. How does Ted Stone feel about killing men while at war?

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

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

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

10. What social action did Pat Conroy take after Martin Luther King was shot?

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