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

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

3. How old do most people in the Indian tribe live to be?
(a) 51.
(b) 35.
(c) 45.
(d) 64.

4. What is remembered about William Huskisson?
(a) That he was the first person run down and killed by a train.
(b) That he was a poet.
(c) That he was a politican and a financier.
(d) That he was a novelist.

5. How many passengers were allowed to disembark in Cuba?
(a) 48.
(b) 22.
(c) 17.
(d) 33.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men appear in Gericault's painting?

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

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

4. Who was the ma who was rumored to make it to the top of Mount Ararat?

5. How old was James Bartley when he was swallowed by a whale?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Describe the expedition to Senegal.

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

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

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

10. Who finally agreed to take passengers from the St. Louis?

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