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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 Pat Conroy want to teach kids during the summer?

2. Pat Conroy believes he must learn to accept what, because it's everywhere?

3. What news does Howard Sedgwick give Pat Conroy in Chapter 11?

4. In Chapter 12, who does Pat Conroy label "predictably mediocre?"

5. On the river, what natural element scares Pat Conroy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What health risks does Pat Conroy endure while commuting during the winter?

2. Who protests Pat Conroy's dismissal from his job?

3. What does Pat Conroy hope for the children of Yamacraw Island?

4. Why does Pat Conroy lose his job permanently?

5. Why were some people in Washington D.C. surprised by the children of Yamacraw Island?

6. Why does Pat Conroy get fired at the beginning of Chapter 11?

7. How does Dr. Piedmont treat Pat Conroy in his second year at Yamacraw Island and why?

8. Why is Mrs. Brown against the kids taking a trip to Washington D.C.?

9. Why do the people on Yamacraw Island drink?

10. What type of relationship does Mrs. Brown have with her students?

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze Pat Conroy's relationship with one of the following examples:

1. The school administration.

2. Mrs. Brown.

3. The people of Yamacraw Island.

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