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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. Why is Charlie recognized at the airport in Caracas?
(a) Because of a game show he had hosted.
(b) Because of a movie he filmed.
(c) Because of a soap opera he acted in.
(d) Because of a song he recorded.

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

3. Who said "The mystery of what a couple is, exactly, is almost the only true mystery left to us. . ."?
(a) Mavis Gallant.
(b) Jennifer Lee.
(c) Elaine Dundy.
(d) Helen Constantine.

4. How far from Dublin was Colonel Fergusson's house?
(a) 3 miles.
(b) 3/4 mile.
(c) 2 miles.
(d) 1/2 mile.

5. How much did the ox heart weigh that the narrator bought at Corrigans weigh?
(a) 3 lbs. 11 oz.
(b) 1 lb. 13 oz.
(c) 2 lbs. 13 oz.
(d) 4 lbs. 5 oz.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many soldiers were on the frigate?

2. How long did it take Gericault to paint his painting?

3. What is the name of Charlie's agent?

4. What is the name of the woman that Charlie and Pippa argued about?

5. How many siblings did Amanda have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the thoughts of the fifteen who remained on the raft when they saw a butterfly?

2. What did Amanda say about the practice of placing teeth in a crevice of the door of a church?

3. Where was Arghuri and why did Amanda wish to go there?

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

9. Why do Charlie and the crew have to hike into the jungle?

10. What does the the narrator wish to celebrate instead of 1492 and why?

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