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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 24-29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of beast does the Colonel call Strickland?
(a) Fingerless.
(b) Soulless.
(c) Brainless.
(d) Heartless.

2. What does Dirk make for Strickland to eat?
(a) Bread pudding.
(b) Meat sandwich.
(c) Bread-and-milk.
(d) Pancakes.

3. Who are the gossips saying Strickland has fallen in love with?
(a) A French dancer.
(b) An English writer.
(c) A French prostitute.
(d) An English traveler.

4. What can Crabbe see Strickland doing as Stroeve left his apartment?
(a) Putting his feet up on the table.
(b) Smoking a cigarette.
(c) Laughing.
(d) Destroying Stroeve's paintings.

5. Where does Mrs. Stroeve say she used to work?
(a) An art gallery.
(b) A bookshop.
(c) A library.
(d) A hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say Dirk has a delicate feeling for?

2. What does the author think Mrs. Strickland dreads?

3. What does the author say nature has made Dirk into?

4. Which of the following does Crabbe give as an example of a great and successful painter?

5. What is the name of the crime novelist Strickland enjoys reading?

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