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

3. What type of equipment does Pat Conroy use to show the class movies?

4. To Pat Conroy, what makes the Skimberry's interesting people?

5. Who confronted Pat Conroy on the day Martin Luther was buried?

Short Essay Questions

1. What types of books have church groups provided for the public library in Yamacraw?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing the acceptance of racism on Yamacraw Island.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze Pat Conroy's teaching method on the island of Yamacraw.

1) In what way is he non-traditional?

2) What type of education does he offer?

3) How do the students respond to his teaching?

Essay Topic 3

Although Pat Conroy is the teacher in "The Water is Wide," he has a lot to learn from his students. Write an essay analyzing what Pat Conroy is taught during his experience on Yamacraw Island.

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