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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. Who is guarding the chest when Peter gets a guard drunk?

2. What does Alf hear from the thing he is stealing?

3. Who tells Molly what happened to her father?

4. What is strange about Little Richard's name?

5. Who throws the trunk into the ocean?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Molly help Peter when they first meet?

2. What does Peter do to save the trunk from Stache?

3. How does Peter convince Alf to help him find what is in the chest?

4. How does Stache get Slank to divulge information about the treasure?

5. What happens around the trunk when it washes up after the storm?

6. How do Molly and Peter keep the chest away from Black Stache and what worries do they have about this?

7. What does Peter do that makes Hungry Bob laugh?

8. What does Captain Scott say when Leonard tries to warn him of coming danger?

9. How does Molly send a message to her father?

10. Why does James go missing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

With which character do you relate the most in this book? Why is this? How does this character change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 2

How does the chest affect the course of the plot and what important cautions are given to those who use it?

Essay Topic 3

What is Slank's secret identity, and how does this affect the outcome of the book? Why does Slank feel he must keep this a secret, and what does this say about the nature of the other people on the ship?

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