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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 45.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Dick upset with his sons after they return from fishing on his birthday?
(a) They broke a window playing catch.
(b) They wrecked the car.
(c) They didn't do the yardwork.
(d) They show Dick's boat to Elsie.

2. What happens to Elsie on board the ship?
(a) She gets seasick.
(b) She catches a marlin.
(c) She cuts herself.
(d) She faints.

3. Who is Dick's wife?
(a) Mary.
(b) Maryann.
(c) May.
(d) Marie.

4. What is The Wedding Cake?
(a) A bakery.
(b) An office building.
(c) A house.
(d) A wedding chapel.

5. Who does Dick go to see at the beginning of Chapter 42?
(a) Miss Perry.
(b) The boatyard manager.
(c) The insurance man.
(d) Parker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arrives at Elsie's house while Dick is still there?

2. Dick decides that if something had to be damaged in the storm he would prefer it to be _________________.

3. What is the name given to Dick's new boat?

4. Who comes to look at Dick's boat in Chapter 14?

5. With whom did Elsie's father once have an affair?

(see the answer key)

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