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The Boatbuilder Quiz

Daniel Gumbiner

This Study Guide consists of approximately 46 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Boatbuilder.

The Boatbuilder by Daniel Gumbiner

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+Chapters Summary and Analysis

Chapters 9 - 16

Chapters 17 - 24

Chapters 25 - 32

Chapters 33 - 42

Symbols and Symbolism

Themes and Motifs

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

When does Berg tell himself he will quit using again? (from Chapters 1 - 8)

After Nell returns from tour.

After he finishes housesitting for Mimi.

After he gets a job with Fernwood.

After he gets a job with Alejandro.

2.

Why does Berg break into the farmhouse in the beginning of the novel? (from Chapters 1 - 8)

To replace the drugs he stole.

To steal painkillers, as a means of satisfying his relapse into his opioid addiction.

To steal money, as a means of paying his dealer back.

To steal painkillers, as a means of selling them for money.

3.

In Chapter 29, why does Berg lie when Uffa asks him if he is alright? (from Chapters 25 - 32)

Because he does not want Uffa to know he is using again.

Because he does not want Uffa to know he is depressed about Pat's arrest.

Because he does not want Uffa to know he has a tapeworm.

Because he does not want Uffa to know he has not been eating.

4.

How does Berg suffer yet another concussion? (from Chapters 33 - 42)

He gets involved in a bar fight after attempting to defend Garrett.

He falls out of a tree while searching for wood with Alejandro.

He gets involved in a bar fight after attempting to defend Alejandro.

He gets hit in the head with another boom.

5.

Why is Alejandro so critical of sophistication? (from Chapters 17 - 24)

Because he believes confusion and trouble grow out of complexity, and that people require an intimate relationship with their environment.

Because he believes sophistication leads to obsession and addiction, and keeps the individual from truly succeeding in life.

Because he believes that sophisticated people are shallow and empty, and that only people who embody his lifestyle can be happy.

Because he believes obsession and addiction grow out of complexity, and that people require isolation and removal from society to achieve psychic balance.

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