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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 Louise buy and then hide from Caroline?

2. What does the sky look like after the storm?

3. What strange object did the storm dig up?

4. What does Louise name the twin girl she delivers at the end of the book?

5. What does Louise study when she first gets to college?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Captain say to Louise at Christmas?

2. What does the Captain choose to do with Trudy's money after her death?

3. What does Louise learn has happened after the storm is over?

4. What does Louise say the water and the war are doing to the people on the island?

5. What does Call tell Louise and the Captain when he comes home from the war?

6. How does Louise feel about herself after the lotion incident, and what is appealing to her about this?

7. What does Louise say about the boredom she feels at school?

8. What does Louise name her first child, and why?

9. How does Louise feel when she begins working for her father?

10. What does Louise do when she realizes that the older twin she caught at the end of the book is being ignored?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affect the course of the plot. Why might Patterson have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

Essay Topic 2

What is the significance of the title of the book, and what role does it play in the plot?

Essay Topic 3

What role does symbolism play in this book and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

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