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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. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 3, what is Oiler going to do on his next dive job?
2. In the Italicized section of the Chapter 1, in what city does the Kid find the girl?
3. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 2, who does Bobby think hid the rubber raft under the tree?
4. In the italicized section of Chapter 4, who is coming to visit the girl in two weeks?
5. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 1, who does John say that Bobby is in love with?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the job that Bobby and Red go on in Port Sulphur?
2. Does Bobby find anything on his search of the cluster of islands?
3. What does Oiler say that he regrets the most about his time in Vietnam?
4. What does Debussy go home to tell her mother about?
5. Who does the hunter find on his walk through the woods?
6. After talking to Oiler about Vietnam, what do the guys in suits want to know from Bobby about the downed plane?
7. What does Bobby do with what he finds in his grandmother's basement?
8. What are Bobby and Oiler doing off the coast of Mississippi as the non-italicized section of Chapter 1 opens?
9. At the beginning of Chapter 4, what appears in the night at the girl's window that makes her whisper Bobby's name?
10. What happens to Bobby that ends his time racing cars?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why does the author include a lengthy section of conversation about math and physics? What is your experience reading this section? Does it have a connection to the rest of the story? What do you get out of reading a conversation like that, that is difficult for a lot of people to understand?
Essay Topic 2
What are the main themes of the story? How does the author set up and continue the discussion of those themes throughout the book?
Essay Topic 3
Bobby has two more experiences of solitude. How are these experiences different that his experience on the jack-up rig? How do the language and cadence give the reader a feeling that the other two experiences of solitude have a different quality than the experience Bobby has aboard the jack-up rig?
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