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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 Tuna's father get to drink at Stickler's souvenir shop in Chapter 17?
2. At the end of Chapter 23, how many shots do Tuna and Wahoo hear?
3. In Chapter 17, how many miles an hour is Derek traveling in the air boat when he smacks into an embankment?
4. In Chapter 13, how long do the air boats travel before they stop at a pond?
5. In Chapter 16, what is Tuna eating for breakfast?
Short Essay Questions
1. At the end of Chapter 22, why will Derek not come down from the tree when Tuna and Wahoo ask him to do so?
2. At the end of Chapter 15, how does Mickey remove the bat from Derek's tongue?
3. Why does one of the catering staff scream at the end of Chapter 15?
4. How well are Tuna, Wahoo, and Derek able to bail the water out of the air boat?
5. In Chapter 16, what do Wahoo and his father think happened to Derek?
6. In Chapter 14, how and why does Tuna learn the Latin names for creatures?
7. In Chapter 21, when does Mickey Cray remember having a gun pointed at him, and what happened?
8. In Chapter 18, what does Derek find to eat?
9. In Chapter 24, what does Gerry Germaine think about the publicity surrounding Derek's predicament?
10. In Chapter 13, what is the ride like in the air boats, and what does the place look like where they will be filming?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Characters react in different ways when they learn that Tuna is being abused. What are the reactions of various characters when they learn that Tuna is abused by her father? What do the reactions of these characters reveal about them and the type of people they are?
Essay Topic 2
Tuna is a fan of Expedition Survival. What does Tuna think about the show and Derek at the beginning of the book? How and why does she become disillusioned with Derek and the show?
Essay Topic 3
Both Wahoo and Tuna sometimes have to act as the adults in the relationships with their fathers. How are Tuna and Wahoo examples of role reversal as relates to the usual parent/child relationship? What does this role reversal reveal about these characters and their maturity?
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