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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. Where did Pompey Jones meet the photographer he now works for?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Chester.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Wallesey.

2. What does Jones say he would do if officers told him to?
(a) Kill himself.
(b) Kill George.
(c) Jump through a hoop.
(d) Swim the ocean.

3. What does Jones describe his recent photographs as?
(a) Art.
(b) Hack work.
(c) History.
(d) Journalism.

4. Who does Myrtle have a conversation with about Pompey Jones' character?
(a) Mrs. Yardley.
(b) Dr. Potter.
(c) George.
(d) The Colonel.

5. What does Potter tell Myrtle that he is thankful that he is not?
(a) An orphan.
(b) A gentleman.
(c) A woman.
(d) A thief.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Potter have to pick off his leg of mutton?

2. Why is George angry on the boat home?

3. What does the crew do with the dead bodies on the ship?

4. What is the name of the young lieutenant Potter and George have dinner with?

5. What does Jones say Myrtle is circling around like?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Myrtle respond to George's death?

2. In what way is Myrtle's character strengthened in the fourth chapter?

3. What does Jones tell Potter he wants from life?

4. How does Myrtle react to Jones' sexual advances?

5. What does Myrtle do with her two oranges?

6. How does Potter ruin the dinner with the captains?

7. Summarize the fourth chapter.

8. Why does Jones think that an angel is watching over Potter?

9. How does Potter suffer in this chapter?

10. What do Myrtle and Mrs. Yardley experience on their pony ride?

(see the answer keys)

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