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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. How does the narrator react to the Captain's story?
2. How old is William?
3. Besides her herbal remedies, what else is Mrs. Todd known for in Dunnet Landing?
4. Where does the narrator go to write in Chapter 1?
5. How would you characterize the relationship between Mrs. Todd and her mother?
Short Essay Questions
1. Chapter 21 opens with a narrative that focuses on nature. Describe this narrative and its significance to the situation.
2. When leaving Mrs. Todd's home, the narrator muses on the topic of death. Explain this thought process and how it relates to the situation.
3. Describe William's relationship to the island.
4. What is the narrator's impression of William?
5. Explain what Gaffett does while shipwrecked off the coast of Greenland. Focus on his activities.
6. Elijah Tilley's character provides a number of surprises for the narrator. What are they?
7. Using all of the information given in the story, describe how the townspeople feel about Joanna.
8. What does Mrs. Todd say about Elijah and about fishermen in general at the end of Chapter 20?
9. What does the narrator know about Captain Littlepage before he comes to visit her?
10. Describe the connection Mrs. Todd draws between tansy and the human experience.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Drawing on what the reader learns from Mrs. Todd's conversation with the narrator in the pennyroyal patch on Green Island, describe the complexity of Mrs. Todd's relationship to her late husband.
Essay Topic 2
When first meeting Captain Littlepage at the beginning of Chapter 5, the narrator states: "...Mrs. Todd had told me one day that Captain Littlepage had overset his mind with too much reading; she had also made dark reference to his having 'spells' of some unexplainable nature." How did her conversation with him confirm or contradict this view? Support your claims with concrete examples from the book.
Essay Topic 3
What role does storytelling play in the novel? Please give specific examples from the book.
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