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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 is Washington's full name?
2. What city does the ship eventually make landfall at?
3. What does Titch ask Washington to do when he first meets him in Chapter 4?
4. What news does Philip tell Erasmus and Titch in Chapter 10?
5. What does Titch instruct Washington and Philip to do in Chapter 9 while he demonstrates the cloud-cutter's gas mechanism?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where does Washington think he might be when he wakes up from the explosion in Chapter 9, and why?
2. What does Erasmus and Mrs. Wilde want Titch to do in the wake of Philip's momentous news?
3. What alarms Washington about Edgar Farrow, the sexton outside of Norfolk who Titch goes to for help?
4. What is the real reason that Titch summons Washington in Chapter 4?
5. When Washington encounters the slaves he formerly worked with as they all embark on Titch's project in Chapter 8, how do the other slaves treat him?
6. Why do Titch and Washington have to flee Faith plantation very quickly in Part II, Chapter 1?
7. On what kind of terms do Titch and Washington depart the Kinasts in Part II, Chapter 3?
8. What momentous news does Philip share with Titch and Erasmus in Chapter 10?
9. What is Washington's first impression of the kind of relationship Titch and Erasmus have as brothers in Chapter 4?
10. What is Titch's reaction when he hears that his cousin Philip is coming to visit in Chapter 8?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why do you think Washington comes up with the original, innovative, and brilliant idea of a living museum (the modern-day equivalent of which would be an aquarium) for displaying sea specimens that he has been researching with the Goffs? What elements of Washington's own life experience would make him more likely to come up with a humane way of displaying living beings to the world? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 2
How does Washington feel when he realizes that Geoffrey Goff, Tanna's father, does not want Washington to court Tanna because Washington is black (even though Tanna is also mixed-race)? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay comparing and contrasting how different white men and women throughout the novel come to view Washington's extraordinary talents for drawing, scholarship, and research.
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