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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. What do the men ask of the friends they run into in Reading?
(a) For directions.
(b) For a drink.
(c) For some money.
(d) For a tow.

2. What does George want to postpone doing before they set up their boat for sleeping near Picnic Point?
(a) Write letters home.
(b) Do an inventory count.
(c) Set up their beds.
(d) Make a few phone calls.

3. Why does J. have trouble sleeping near Picnic Point?
(a) He is sick.
(b) He keeps thinking of his childhood.
(c) Coyotes are nearby.
(d) He can't get comfortable.

4. While in Reading, where do the men randomly meet some friends of theirs?
(a) In a steam launch.
(b) At a pub.
(c) In a restaurant.
(d) In an inn.

5. Why does J. think he can't get back to sleep after he has a rough night near Picnic Point?
(a) He is getting seriously ill.
(b) The coyotes are too bothersome.
(c) He has no reason to get up.
(d) The boat is rocking too much.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does J. notice changes a man's outlook as the group rests near Picnic Point?

2. Whom does George finally ask about the time in the story J. tells about the broken watch?

3. What time did George's watch stop in the story J. tells?

4. What kind of animal does Montmorency attack?

5. Who takes charge of the unusual item that the men see floating in the water after they pass Reading?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does J.'s friend miscalculate with the punt when they are boating together?

2. What change does J. notice about the group after they eat a large supper near Picnic Point?

3. What happens that lets George know that everyone is lying about who caught the fish that is mounted on the wall in the pub?

4. How do George and J. end up getting to Henley?

5. Who is J. with when he gets stuck on the punt?

6. What formula does J.'s friend have when it comes to exaggerating his fishing successes?

7. What does George decide to do once he realizes he cannot go back to sleep the night his watch stops working?

8. How does J. end up being the first one to take a bath in the river?

9. What ends up happening at the inns while George and J. are looking for somewhere to sleep in Datchet?

10. How does Montmorency burn himself the night everyone makes stew?

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