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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 setting of "The Binnacle Boy"?

2. What visitor of Miss Frye's is dressed in a black mourning dress for her son in Chapter 2 of "The Binnacle Boy"?

3. What is a disease resulting from a deficiency of vitamin C, which is required for the synthesis of collagen in humans?

4. What holiday is approaching in Chapter 1 of "The Binnacle Boy"?

5. Miss Frye's flower seeds purchased from a street vendor had done what in Chapter 1 of "The Binnacle Boy"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What inner conflicts does Tekoa struggle with in "The Binnacle Boy"? What does Sarah?

2. How is the statue described in "The Binnacle Boy"? Where is it placed in Chapter 2?

3. Why do the visitors in Chapter 2 of "The Binnacle Boy" say they have come?

4. How does Miss Frye react to the news of her son's death in "The Binnacle Boy"?

5. What news does Tekoa relate to Miss Frye upon her arrival in Chapter 1 of "The Binnacle Boy"?

6. In what way does the Binnacle Boy evolve into a graven image?

7. What aspects of the climax in "The Binnacle Boy" seem unrealistic? Why?

8. What does Ethan represent to Miss Frye symbolically in "The Binnacle Boy"?

9. What time of year is it in the beginning of "The Binnacle Boy"? How is this revealed?

10. How does Miss Frye feel about the death of Sarah in "The Binnacle Boy"? What is ironic in the end of the story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define and analyze "theme" in "The Binnacle Boy." How is the theme of sexism apparent in Miss Frye's character?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the character of Nicholas in "Saint Crispin's Follower", and then discuss the similarities in storyline between this tale and "Pinocchio." How do the themes of the stories relate?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the setting and narrative style of "Saint Crispin's Follower." What indicates in the exposition that the setting takes place during the American colonization?

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