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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 does Carol Ann offer the students?
2. Who hangs the shocking pictures on the board in Chapter 7?
3. Pat Conroy feels what issue is changing the South during The Water is Wide?
4. In Chapter 12, who does Pat Conroy label "predictably mediocre?"
5. In Chapter 11, Dr. Piedmont complains Pat Conroy's hair is what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Pat Conroy talk about in front of the school board in Chapter 11?
2. What is the reaction of the children to the domestic violence on the island?
3. How is Mrs. Brown affected by the power of being principal?
4. Why is Mrs. Brown's reaction to Prophet hanging from the water tank in the bathroom shocking?
5. What type of relationship does Mrs. Brown have with her students?
6. Why does Mrs. Brown carry a gun?
7. Why does Pat Conroy decide to commute to the island?
8. What does Pat Conroy hope for the children of Yamacraw Island?
9. By Chapter 11, why might the neighbors object to Pat Conroy and Barbara?
10. Why does Mrs. Brown always mention she is part Cherokee Indian?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Examine the prejudice the children on Yamacraw Island will have to face beyond just the color of their skin.
Essay Topic 3
Create a detailed portrait of the educational opportunities offered to the blacks on Yamacraw island.
1) What is the state of education?
2) What public resources are available, and are they ironic?
3) How can the residents of Yamacraw put into practice the education they receive?
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