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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 men Mungo goes fishing with do a lot of?

2. In Chapter 7, what kind of food does James usually eat?

3. What does the beating victim tell Jodie about her situation?

4. When does Hamish predict Mo-Maw will be back?

5. In Chapter 5, why does Mo-Maw come back?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Mo-Maw go when she abandons the family in Part I?

2. What does Mungo like about James at first?

3. Who is Jodie having an affair with?

4. How do people in town generally feel about Hamish?

5. What responsibilities does Hamish have?

6. What feeling does Mungo begin to get from the men who take him fishing?

7. What did Hamish's teachers tell him when he said he wanted to go to university?

8. What happened when Hamish went down to ask for an apprenticeship at the shipyards once?

9. How does Jodie treat Mo-Maw when she comes back in Part II?

10. How does Annie Campbell treat Mungo and Jodie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Stuart describe the development of Mungo's and James's romantic relationship? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

In general, what kind of relationship do the Hamiltons have with their neighbors, and how does Stuart demonstrate these relationship dynamics? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What is the Glaswegian cultural expectation of masculinity and success, and how does Hamish embody some of it? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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