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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. How many miles did the St. Louis travel before it docked at Antwerp?
(a) 9,000 miles.
(b) 10,000 miles.
(c) 8,500 miles.
(d) 10,500 miles.

2. What does Lawrence's daughter feed him?
(a) Broth.
(b) Pablum.
(c) Tins of baby food.
(d) Gruel.

3. What is Matt's last name?
(a) Brown.
(b) Smeaton.
(c) Smoton.
(d) Smythe.

4. How long have Charlie and Pippa been together?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 7 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 6 years.

5. How old was Amanda in 1821?
(a) 18.
(b) 17.
(c) 20.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many remained on the raft after the third mutiny?

2. What lifeboat did Lawrence escape in when he was on the Titanic?

3. Who said "The mystery of what a couple is, exactly, is almost the only true mystery left to us. . ."?

4. After how many days did some of the survivors who stayed on the frigate decide to strike out on a raft?

5. How old is Lawrence Beesley?

Short Essay Questions

1. What effects did James Bartley suffer from being swallowed by a whale?

2. In Section II of Chapter 5, how is catastrophe turned into art?

3. How would science explain the halo of cloud that appears around Mount Ararat?

4. How is the woman's sleep sometimes broken and how does this affect the man in "Parenthesis"?

5. When a violent storm blew up while Jonah was traveling by ship, how did the mariners decide that Jonah was the cause of the storm?

6. How were the survivors on the raft finally rescued?

7. What is different about the way the couple sleeps in "Parenthesis"?

8. What plan was devised when the frigate struck a reef at high tide?

9. Where should the words "I love you," be kept and why?

10. What did Colonel Fergusson take Amanda to see in 1821?

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