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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 puts Alf in a cage?

2. Who gets the trunk away from Stache after he takes it from Richard?

3. What does the cow rip off the ship?

4. What happens to Richard as he carries the chest to the longboat?

5. Who does Slank want to find on the island?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Slank do when he sees where Stache went on the island?

2. What does Leonard do when Peter decides to stay on the island?

3. How can Peter communicate with the mermaid?

4. Why does Stache insist on following the flying crocodile?

5. What causes Stache to be nice to the pirate who says he is afraid when seeing the flying people?

6. What does Molly choose to do when she sees the orphans with the savages?

7. What does the blonde mermaid do when Peter heals her?

8. How does Molly feel when she hears about Peter's connection with the mermaids?

9. What made Mr. Grin like human flesh?

10. What does Black Stache order at the crossroads?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do you think the next book will go now that you know the layout of this setting and plot?

Essay Topic 2

What are some of the attributes that make a true leader? Who are the true leaders in this book, and how does their leadership affect the characters around them?

Essay Topic 3

What causes Fighting Prawn to be so upset with the British, and how does this viewpoint change for him over the course of the plot?

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