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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 much does a pineapple cost at the store?

2. The Foxes board a ship in what city?

3. How old are the twins?

4. What item does Jerry want to look at while shopping?

5. What does mother fashion into a shirt for Mr. Haddy?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Charlie find out where his family is headed on the Unicorn?

3. According to Allie, how does he come to work for Polski?

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

5. How does Allie come to own Jeronimo?

6. Describe what Jeronimo looks like when the Foxes first arrive.

7. How does Captain Smalls describe life in Honduras to Charlie?

8. Why does Allie make a giant iceberg?

9. Why do the migrant workers visit the Foxes after dinner in Chapter 7?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are the Foxes similar to the missionaries who frequent Honduras? How are they different? Are they also like the strangers with guns? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the novel, Allie Fox is adamant about his hatred for "scavengers." What is his meaning when he uses this term? Who does he apply it to? How is his hatred for scavengers ironic?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the novel Jerry and Charlie often butt heads. Compare and contrast the boys and explain what roles they play in the novel. How would the novel be different without either of them?

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