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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. In Chapter 14, what are the staff members looking over in the command center?

2. What month and year does "Riptide" begin?

3. How much money does Neidelman estimate Red Ned Ockham's treasure is worth?

4. What does Woody Clay make clear to Malin Hatch that he will do everything to protect?

5. Who tells Malin Hatch he is a fool and should return to Boston before he is ruined?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Kerry Wopner goes to the post office, who does Wopner run into and what do they discuss?

2. Detail what is happening with Malin Hatch and Isobel Bonterre in Chapters 22 and 23.

3. What makes the team believe they have found a mass grave at the Water Pit?

4. Who are the two divers on Neidelman's team and what are they going to be doing?

5. What happens when Malin and Johnny Hatch take a boat over to Ragged Island?

6. Who does Malin renew an acquaintance with while at Stormhaven? What do they discuss?

7. What is the discussion about between St. John and Wopner during Chapter 18 in the command center?

8. What does Malin Hatch learn from the computer printout that Neidelman gives him?

9. What is the legend of the pirate Red Ned Ockham?

10. What are three things mentioned in Red Ned Ockham's biography that Malin looks at?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define curse and analyze how it is used within the story by using examples from the text. What evidence can you find within "Riptide" to support the theory about Ragged Island being cursed?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Malin Hatch's return visit to Ragged Island to the visit he took to the island as a child. What are the trips similarities and differences? Students should look at the reason for going, who Hatch went with, and the outcome of the trip.

Essay Topic 3

What is the relationship between Kerry Wopner and Gerald Neidelman? How are they similar? How are they different?

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