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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 was the lookout for Elsa and Gerhard in Chapter 5?

2. When did Moss and Reg graduate from Harvard?

3. In Chapter 16, where did Len keep remembering seeing the girl who had the seizure one day?

4. In Chapter 16, how many of Moss's pieces had been played in the Village?

5. Where did Elsa say that the stocks for guns were being made in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the beginning of the novel, what do men in a boat see when they come to Crockett's Island?

2. In Chapter 9, what does Evie think about the Big House?

3. How did Kitty feel at the end of Chapter 10 when she saw Willy?

4. When was Paul introduced to stumble stones, and what are they?

5. What is Evie's career, and what is she known for?

6. How did Evie meet her husband?

7. What did Elsa want Kitty to take?

8. Where did Ogden and Kitty live in Chapter 15?

9. How did Evelyn and Dickie's relationship unfold?

10. What were the Milton children going to do in Chapter 13?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Joan had seizures. What were some words that were used to describe her seizures? What limitations was it thought that her seizures put upon her? What is revealed about attitudes toward epilepsy through Joan’s experiences?

Essay Topic 2

The island became a favorite place for the Miltons. What did the island symbolize?

Essay Topic 3

Evie and Min have different feelings about getting rid of the island. What do each of them feel about the island and letting it go? How do they see the place differently? How does the perspective that each of them has affect their feelings about getting rid of the island?

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