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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. Where is Rass Island?

2. What year is it when Louise is writing in hopes of earning money?

3. In what month does school let out?

4. How much of the island does the narrator's settlement take up?

5. What kind of feelings does Louise have for her sister?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Caroline do after the Christmas Program?

2. How does Louise feel after asking her question during the Christmas program rehearsal?

3. What do Call and Louise find when they return a cat to Auntie Braxton?

4. What did the Captain want to do with Trudy's cats, and why did that not happen?

5. What does Louise do with the money she earns after school lets out?

6. What does the Captain do that makes Louise feel more comfortable around him?

7. What does the narrator describe in the first chapter?

8. How do the girls in town feel about Mr. Rice?

9. What does Call start doing without Louise during the summer?

10. What happened that shamed Hiram Wallace to the point that he left the island?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Trudy Braxton is a minor character whose presence makes a big difference in the plot. How does she accomplish this? What are some ways that her presence, however brief, altered the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if Trudy had not been in the book at all?

Essay Topic 2

Fear is a common theme in this book that is presented a number of times by a number of characters. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the characters in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Louise performs many acts of service during her time as a nurse. What are some of the most significant examples of this service, and how do these events affects the characters involved in them?

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