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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Pat Conroy write The Water is Wide?
(a) Barbara makes him.
(b) For his students.
(c) To understand his time on Yamacraw Island.
(d) To get back at the administration.

2. What does Pat Conroy try to prepare his students for in the real world?
(a) Pickpockets.
(b) Raising a family.
(c) Leaving the island.
(d) Viral infections.

3. Who hangs the shocking pictures on the board in Chapter 7?
(a) The girls.
(b) The boys.
(c) Pat Conroy.
(d) Mrs. Brown.

4. Who does Pat Conroy appeal to for permission to travel to Washington D.C.?
(a) All of these.
(b) Edna.
(c) Dr. Piedmont.
(d) Mrs. Brown.

5. Who is against taking the students to Washington D.C.?
(a) Mrs. Brown.
(b) Pat Conroy.
(c) Zeke.
(d) Barbara.

Short Answer Questions

1. Immediately following his dismissal, Pat Conroy believes Dr. Piedmont and Bennington are what?

2. Pat Conroy feels he is fighting against what at the school?

3. What makes Mrs. Brown angry during the collage making in Chapter 7?

4. In Chapter 11, what does the board meeting agree to do for Pat Conroy?

5. In Chapter 8, Zeke and Pat Conroy hit what on the river?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of relationship does Mrs. Brown have with her students?

2. What does Pat Conroy hope for the children of Yamacraw Island?

3. In Chapter 8, why does the administration refuse to let Pat Conroy speak at the school board meeting?

4. Why does Pat Conroy allow teachers from the mainland into his classroom?

5. Why are the scenes where the parents object to the children going to Washington D.C. familiar?

6. Why is the administration concerned about Pat Conroy's gas bill for the boat?

7. Why were some people in Washington D.C. surprised by the children of Yamacraw Island?

8. How is Mrs. Brown affected by the power of being principal?

9. Why is Mrs. Brown's reaction to Prophet hanging from the water tank in the bathroom shocking?

10. What is Pat Conroy struggling with at the beginning of Chapter 10?

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