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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 had comments directed specifically at them?

2. What did the group hear?

3. What sign do people interpret as being a positive change in Karl's behavior?

4. How was Daffy's appearance kind of like Taxi's and night busses?

5. How had it happened?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Richard, Jed, Keaty, Francoise and Etienne get rescued? How did they make do without money?

2. What things did Richard note in the asides about of the Swedes?

3. What plan was made in regards to Zeph and Sammy?

4. What was the pool a substitute for?

5. Who was reanimated by Richard and how?

6. What had Bugs done that made Richard mad?

7. What is killing Christo, and how could it have been prevented? Why can't Etienne find out about it?

8. What drew the sharks attention, and how did Richard spear it?

9. What was irritating in regards to Bug's competitive streak?

10. How did Richard become comfortable regarding Mr. Duck's presence in the daylight?

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 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 3

Explain how the beach community must remain a secret and for what reasons everyone diligently keeps that secret. What does the beach have the potential to become if it becomes exposed? How is this an undesirable outcome? Are the methods employed at keeping the secret of the beach a bit heinous in their extremity? Explain.

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