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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of the welcome do the students receive in South Carolina?

2. In Chapter One, Pat Conroy had not yet heard back from what organization?

3. Why does Mrs. Brown make Pat Conroy principal of the school?

4. Where did the children compete for prizes during Halloween?

5. Who shot Saul's dog?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What appeals to Pat Conroy about many of the people he meets in Chapter 4?

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

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

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

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

10. How did Thomas anger the whites when he was young?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a brief essay analyzing the way some whites are willing to be taken advantage of in "The Water is Wide", simply to prove they are against racism.

1) Who are some of the whites taken advantage of in "The Water is Wide?"

2) Why do they allow this happen?

3) How does their behavior effect the blacks on Yamacraw Island?

Essay Topic 2

Create an argument for or against the following statement, citing examples from the text: Pat Conroy fails to set an example against racism on Yamacraw Island.

Essay Topic 3

Create an argument for or against the intelligence of the children on Yamacraw Island, citing examples from the text.

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