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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 the name of the fishing boat Bucky gives to Tully to use?

2. What is the name of the injured ocelot at Archie's camp?

3. What is the name of the place where Tully is supposed to meet Dawn for a party?

4. Who tends Tex Sex's head wound on Punta Margarita?

5. Whose voice does Tully hear on the wind blowing through the tree house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ix-Nay tell Tully about the fishing spot called Quiet Time?

2. What happens when the wind starts blowing through the tree house in Chapter 9?

3. Describe Cleopatra Highbourne.

4. What is the secret to navigating the waters off Punta Margarita?

5. How did Cleopatra meet the great love of her life?

6. What are the two pieces of art that Tully takes with him on his trip aboard the Caribbean Soul?

7. Why does Tully ask Willie Singer to help him find the Fresnel lens?

8. What surprising thing does Cleopatra do after Tully successfully guides the dinghy through the Mayan cut?

9. How was Tully inadvertently a matchmaker for Donna Kay and Clark?

10. Why was the Hallicraft S-40B so important to Tully?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the symbolism of the following: Lister's conch, boats, and islands.

Essay Topic 2

The first line of the novel states, "It all simply comes down to good guys and bad guys." Discuss the good guys and bad guys in the novel, and how Tully embodied both.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the thematic importance of each of the following characters: Cleopatra Highbourne, Dawn Barston, and Bucky Norman.

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