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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 8, how does Pat Conroy confront the school administration?
(a) Editorial columns.
(b) Parent intervention.
(c) Angry phone calls.
(d) Angry letters.
2. How do the students feel about Mrs. Brown?
(a) They love her.
(b) They respect her.
(c) They think she's funny.
(d) They hate her.
3. The judge rules the school board has "the power to fire any teacher considered" ______?
(a) "Undesirable."
(b) "Subversive."
(c) "Insubordinant."
(d) "Unkempt."
4. What makes Mrs. Brown angry during the collage making in Chapter 7?
(a) The kids were great artists.
(b) The kids ate glue.
(c) There was a mouse in the magazines.
(d) The kids used a naked photo.
5. Yamacraw visitor Dick is from what city?
(a) Boston.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) New York.
Short Answer Questions
1. In college, Pat Conroy was accused of having what kind of a nose?
2. How long after Pat Conroy stops teaching does he write The Water is Wide?
3. Immediately following his dismissal, Pat Conroy believes Dr. Piedmont and Bennington are what?
4. How old is the letter from Judy Hanst?
5. Who has the best rifle collection on the island?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why are the scenes where the parents object to the children going to Washington D.C. familiar?
2. Why does Mrs. Brown always mention she is part Cherokee Indian?
3. Why does Pat Conroy allow teachers from the mainland into his classroom?
4. Why does Pat Conroy decide to commute to the island?
5. What method of teaching does Pat Conroy claim to use to appease Mrs. Brown?
6. What does Pat Conroy hope for the children of Yamacraw Island?
7. What is Pat Conroy struggling with at the beginning of Chapter 10?
8. Why does Pat Conroy get fired at the beginning of Chapter 11?
9. How does Pat Conroy pay for the trip to Washington D.C. and why?
10. Why is Mrs. Brown against the kids taking a trip to Washington D.C.?
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