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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. Which student is sensitive about being short?

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

3. What age group did Pat Conroy first teach?

4. What is Ted Stone's attitude when first meeting Pat Conroy?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why is the library in Yamacraw school ironic?

7. Why are the children of Yamacraw interested in the movie about the Salem Witch Trials?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay supporting or refuting the following statement, citing examples from the text: Mrs. Brown abuses her power at the school on Yamacraw Island.

Essay Topic 2

Examine Pat Conroy's concern that the children of Yamacraw are not treated fairly by their country.

1) What opportunities do the children lack?

2) Who is willing to help them get ahead?

3) Why does their struggle for success seem hopeless?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the island of Yamacraw.

1) What does it look like physically?

2) What is the mentality of those who live there?

3) What does it offer, and what does it lack?

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