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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is attached to the harpooned fish that allows the fishermen to follow it in the water?
(a) Orange flag.
(b) Inner tube.
(c) Beer keg.
(d) Life boat.

2. What function will Elsie serve for Schuyler's movie?
(a) Voiceover.
(b) Historian.
(c) Camerawoman.
(d) On-screen talent.

3. How does Charlie think about May in his mind?
(a) Sullen.
(b) Flirtatious.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Solid and dependable.

4. What do Dick and Elsie do at Elsie's house?
(a) Talk and have sex.
(b) Paint her kitchen.
(c) Go swimming.
(d) Work in the greenhouse.

5. Why is Dick angry with Parker the next morning?
(a) He wants his money.
(b) He told Miss Perry about Dick's boat.
(c) He made a pass at his wife.
(d) He slept with Elsie.

6. What does May withhold from Charlie?
(a) Sex.
(b) Humor.
(c) Money.
(d) Food.

7. What does Dick think about the cocaine smuggling deal?
(a) He has to sleep on it.
(b) He thinks this is just the beginning.
(c) He worries about going to prison.
(d) He is up for anything that will get him money.

8. What does Elsie tell Dick while they are in the blue canoe?
(a) She loves him.
(b) That she is moving away.
(c) About an abortion she had.
(d) An erotic story.

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

10. With whom did Elsie's father once have an affair?
(a) Maggie Beerman.
(b) Aggie Booker.
(c) Maggie Bigelow.
(d) Aggie Bigelow.

11. What does Dick tell May when he returns home from Miss Perry's?
(a) He didn't get the loan.
(b) He loves her.
(c) Miss Perry has died.
(d) The loan is complete.

12. What is Larry shooting out on the water?
(a) Sharks.
(b) Poachers.
(c) Seagulls.
(d) Swordfish.

13. Who comes to look at Dick's boat in Chapter 14?
(a) Joxer Goode.
(b) Miss Perry.
(c) Captain Texeira.
(d) Parker.

14. What is particularly notable about the whelps?
(a) They are pink.
(b) They smell bad.
(c) They are lightweight.
(d) They are really big.

15. What name does Parker call Dick?
(a) Dicky-bird.
(b) The dickster.
(c) Dickstick.
(d) Dick the Dude.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a quahog?

2. In what did Dick unknowingly smuggle heroin for Larry?

3. What do Parker and Dick catch a lot of on the swordfish trip?

4. What type of event do Dick and his sons manage for Joxer?

5. In what state does the story take place?

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