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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 does Slank want to find on the island?

2. Where does Peter punch Mr. Grin?

3. Who saves Fighting Prawn?

4. Who comes with Molly's father?

5. Who leads Molly to the Lagoon?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How can Peter communicate with the mermaid?

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

5. What happened when Starstuff leaked on a lizard?

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

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

8. What makes the savage leader start to believe Alf's story?

9. What promise does Peter break when he goes to the shore?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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