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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 is remembered about William Huskisson?

2. How many words does Charlie learn before he discovers that the Indian has been teaching him the wrong meanings of the words?

3. Who was the ma who was rumored to make it to the top of Mount Ararat?

4. How long have Charlie and Pippa been together?

5. How many people lived in the town that Jonah went to preach to according to Barnes?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where was Arghuri and why did Amanda wish to go there?

2. How were the survivors on the raft finally rescued?

3. What does the the narrator wish to celebrate instead of 1492 and why?

4. Where should the words "I love you," be kept and why?

5. Describe the Monastery of Saint James.

6. What plan was devised when the frigate struck a reef at high tide?

7. How is the woman's sleep sometimes broken and how does this affect the man in "Parenthesis"?

8. Describe the expedition to Senegal.

9. What does Charlie learn about the words one of the Indians has been teaching him?

10. Why was it decided after the seventh day that the sick should be killed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In "The Stowaway," the narrator states that many species were lost forever after the flood. Discuss the reasons why certain species became extinct after the flood.

Essay Topic 2

Franklin becomes the leader of the passengers when terrorists take over the cruise ship. Discuss why and how Franklin becomes the passengers' leader when terrorists take over the cruise ship.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 7 Part III, the Jews were being exploited. Discuss exploitation and how the Jews were being exploited.

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