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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. What did the main character order for breakfast.

2. What was Richard's last purchase?

3. What did the lights of Koh Samui glow like?

4. What did this person toss to the main character?

5. What had been left on the main character's door?

Short Essay Questions

1. What had the Filipino guy that Richard had met taught him about jellyfish?

2. Why didn't Richard stay where he was in the tidal cave?

3. Why did Richard keep an open mind when it came to Jed?

4. Why did Richard consider himself pretty lucky?

5. What was different between the beach and the world and how did it make Richard feel?

6. What explanation did Richard offer for the shape of the island on which the Beach was located?

7. What game did the three people play as they swum out to sea? How did Richard feel about the game?

8. How did Richard feel about his parting from the two Americans the last time?

9. What was the cue for Richard to call it a night?

10. What was the purpose of the lashed together branches?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the shark attack. In what manner was it the start of the downfall of paradise on the beach? How did it change things for the residents of the beach, and how were things never again the same afterward?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Sal and Daffy's relationship. What evidence is there to suggest that there was more than just friendship on their minds? Has this evidence left the reader to suspect that they may have been romantically linked? If not, is there evidence to suggest that either Sal or Daffy wanted to be more than just friends? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Richard's character. What do his actions reveal about him? What psychological terms apply to Richard and his regard of human life and his actions? What other characters with this same psychological condition likely shared these traits with Richard and why?

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