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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character is seasick for most of the journey?
(a) Annie.
(b) Beatrice.
(c) Myrtle.
(d) Dr. Potter.

2. What does Master Georgie study at university?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Literature.

3. Who is the narrator of the novel?
(a) Mr. Hardy.
(b) Mrs. Hardy.
(c) Georgie.
(d) Myrtle.

4. What problem does Georgie develop on the ship?
(a) A relationship problem.
(b) A gambling problem.
(c) A financial problem.
(d) A drinking problem.

5. Which member of the Hardy family persuaded her parents to allow Myrtle to stay?
(a) Georgie.
(b) Denise.
(c) Beatrice.
(d) Tommy.

6. Who asks to speak to George when he gets back from the operation?
(a) Dr. Potter.
(b) Annie.
(c) Mrs. O'Gorman.
(d) Mrs. Hardy.

7. What does Mrs. Hardy teach Myrtle?
(a) How to swim.
(b) How to read.
(c) How to knit.
(d) How to ride a horse.

8. What country does Mrs. Yardley come from?
(a) Australia.
(b) South Africa.
(c) USA.
(d) England.

9. In which British city does the Hardy family reside?
(a) Bristol.
(b) London.
(c) York.
(d) Liverpool.

10. Who narrates the third chapter?
(a) Master Georgie.
(b) Dr. Potter.
(c) Myrtle.
(d) Beatrice.

11. What does Dr. Potter say frightened Annie out of her wits?
(a) The Persian rug.
(b) Pompey's frog.
(c) The tiger rug.
(d) Pompey's horse.

12. What is located on Myrtle Street?
(a) An orphanage.
(b) A hospital.
(c) A work house.
(d) A steel factory.

13. What is Margaret's occupation?
(a) A prostitute.
(b) A croupier.
(c) A waitress.
(d) A maid.

14. Who is Beatrice married to?
(a) William Rimmer.
(b) Pompey Jones.
(c) Dr. Potter.
(d) Georgie.

15. Which character did Dr. Potter advise not to come on the journey?
(a) Georgie.
(b) Beatrice.
(c) Annie.
(d) Myrtle.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rimmer try to get the ape to turn around?

2. What does Myrtle say she didn't like about the tiger's eyes?

3. Where does Pompey have to accompany Master George?

4. What does Pompey tell the housekeeper that Georgie cut out from a live ape?

5. What kind of animal does a kind boy hand back to a woman at the show?

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