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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 was the name of the old sailor Strickland and Nichols stayed with?

2. What island does Crabbe travel to fifteen years later?

3. What does Blanche do when she becomes exasperated with Dirk?

4. What does Crabbe say Dirk does for the first time in a week?

5. Where is Strickland when Old Bill turns up looking for a fight?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Strickland reveal about Blanche's past?

2. How does Strickland's portrait of Blanche affect Dirk?

3. Why does Dirk refuse to go back to Holland?

4. What does Crabbe think about Strickland's paintings?

5. How do the natives treat Ata when they hear Strickland has leprosy?

6. How does Mrs. Strickland react to news about her husband?

7. Why does Captain have to cut his time short with Crabbe?

8. What does Strickland say about his relationship with Blanche?

9. What does Tiare think of men beating girls?

10. How has the poison damaged Blanche?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Strickland's relationship with his first wife Amy? What reasons did they marry each other in the first place? Are there suggestions that Strickland had ulterior motives for marrying Amy?

Essay Topic 2

Pick a character from the book and discuss his or her goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 3

Compare Crabbe's character to the person he was at the beginning of the book to the he is at the end.

1. What did Crabbe hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Crabbe's ideas about life?

3. How has Crabbe's character changed by the end of the book?

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