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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does mother fashion into a shirt for Mr. Haddy?
(a) A curtain.
(b) A flour sack.
(c) A tent.
(d) A sheet.

2. What language do the men in Fish Bucket speak?
(a) English.
(b) Arabic.
(c) French.
(d) Portuguese.

3. The Foxes board a ship in what city?
(a) New Haven.
(b) Baltimore.
(c) Stamford.
(d) Newport.

4. Who asks Allie what ice is good for?
(a) Drainy.
(b) Mrs. Kennywick.
(c) Mrs. Maywit.
(d) Leon Maywit.

5. What do the children call their camp?
(a) The Town.
(b) The Acre.
(c) Sanctuary.
(d) Little Jeronimo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Allie tell Mother that he wants?

2. What does Allie leave for the migrant workers?

3. What pet do the Foxes leave behind?

4. Who expresses fear that something bad is going to happen to the family?

5. What is the worst invention Allie can think of?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Allie feel about American public schools?

2. Why does Allie refuse to buy the rubber seal at the hardware store?

3. How does Allie react when Charlie refers to the migrant workers' home as the Monkey House?

4. Why does Mr. Haddy's boat's motor catch on a rock?

5. Why does Allie refuse to build the ice plant for Polski?

6. How does Allie show the Honduran natives that they shouldn't be afraid of his ice plant?

7. Describe what Charlie sees when the family first arrives in Honduras.

8. What is Allie's work ethic for himself and his crew?

9. Why does Allie make a giant iceberg?

10. Why is Allie highly critical of the migrant workers for leaving the jungle?

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