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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. Where hadn't Keaty traveled to?

2. What element led the main character to fantasize that his bed was a space ship?

3. When was their rendezvous?

4. When was their ETA?

5. In "Schindler's List", what color was the little girls coat?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why couldn't tourists visit the national parks?

2. How did Richard feel when he had touched the walls in the room?

3. What had made Jed's day bad?

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

5. What made the map intricate?

6. Why had things become awkward between Richard and the French couple?

7. Why had Richard initially begun traveling?

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

9. What was the problem with the rucksacks and how was it solved?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Attempt to explain Sal's lying for Richard. What might she have hoped to gain in her lie? What is revealed about her in the following chapters, Karl runs away? How might this tie into Sal covering for Richard?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss whether or not living in paradise for any length of time would taint the way a person would perceive paradise. Explain your answer citing the book, and explain the contradiction in Richard's arrival in Koh Phangan and his return to England.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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