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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 do the girls wear to graduation?

2. Who is the tallest basketball player at the Yamacraw school?

3. By the end of Chapter 8, who has Pat Conroy alienated?

4. Zeke jokes Pat Conroy should be careful of what, in the cold?

5. What does Carol Ann offer the students?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Mrs. Brown affected by the power of being principal?

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

3. Why do the people on Yamacraw Island drink?

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

5. What does Pat Conroy talk about in front of the school board in Chapter 11?

6. Why are the scenes where the parents object to the children going to Washington D.C. familiar?

7. Why is the administration concerned about Pat Conroy's gas bill for the boat?

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

9. Why is Mrs. Brown's reaction to Prophet hanging from the water tank in the bathroom shocking?

10. How does Pat Conroy's popularity as a teacher affect Mrs. Brown?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay examining the idea of violence as a part of the culture on Yamacraw Island.

1) Why are the people violent?

2) Who are they violent towards?

3) How does this violence add to their oppression?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Based on the final chapters of "The Water is Wide," examine the racism of those running the educational system in South Carolina.

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