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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. On what ship did James Bartley work as a sailor?
(a) The Duchess.
(b) West Winds.
(c) The Princess.
(d) Star of the East.

2. Where did Lawrence Beesley go to college?
(a) Magdalen.
(b) Sidney-Sussex.
(c) Pembroke.
(d) Gonville and Caius.

3. Where did Jonah go after God told him to go preach?
(a) Cyprus.
(b) Tarshish.
(c) Samotrace.
(d) Athens.

4. How old was James Bartley when he was swallowed by a whale?
(a) 35.
(b) 51.
(c) 42.
(d) 29.

5. How many soldiers were on the frigate?
(a) 115.
(b) 131.
(c) 97.
(d) 120.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the liner St. Louis leave Hamburg, Germany?

2. How many of those left on the frigate decided to escape on a raft?

3. What is the name of the priest that Matt portrays?

4. Who found the raft that the survivors on the frigate constructed?

5. What time of day was it when Colonel Fergusson's listened to the incessant ticking of a beetle?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the Armenian priest defend himself when Amanda doubted that the amulet he offered to sell was from the ark?

3. Describe the Monastery of Saint James.

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

5. What happens on Thursday when the crew are filming?

6. What does the eighteen-year-old expect when he takes a job as a prep-school master?

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

8. What does Charlie learn about the words one of the Indians has been teaching him?

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

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

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