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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. In Chapter One, Pat Conroy had not yet heard back from what organization?
(a) The Peace Corp.
(b) The FBI.
(c) Greenpeace.
(d) The Army.

2. Where does Bernie Schein get shipped to?
(a) Jamaica.
(b) Africa.
(c) Guam.
(d) Mexico.

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

4. What type of program do Jim and Joe set up after school?
(a) Recreation.
(b) Hunting.
(c) Golf.
(d) Reading.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Halloween trip gives the kids what impression of South Carolina?

2. What type of insect tortures Pat Conroy on Yamacraw?

3. Why does the superintendent think Pat Conroy came to him?

4. What ends Pat Conroy's desire to swim at Yamacraw?

5. Pat Conroy threatens to do what to anyone who doesn't want to hear the national news?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bennington say about his personal relationship with colored people?

2. What things go wrong on the Halloween trip to South Carolina?

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

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

5. What is significant to Pat Conroy about the abandoned home in Chapter 4?

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

7. Explain why the Yamacraw oyster trade fell apart.

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

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

10. According to Piedmont, how has Jesus changed him?

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