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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the black things the narrator sees in the sand in Chapter 3?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Turtles.
(c) Mule dung.
(d) Rocks.

2. Which author does the narrator say wrote the inanities of the sea because he wasn't going to do it when he's dead?
(a) Poe.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) Wordsworth.
(d) Pollack.

3. What kind of trees is the narrator surrounded by in Chapter 3?
(a) Maple.
(b) Redwood.
(c) Pine.
(d) Oak.

4. What is the name of the narrator's cat?
(a) Toby.
(b) Tyke.
(c) Java.
(d) Mick.

5. What sound is overwhelming to the narrator when he exits the cab in Chapter 3?
(a) Rain and wind.
(b) The chirping of birds.
(c) Thunder.
(d) The roar of surf.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator writes in Chapter 3, "I'm afraid to go down there--I am affrayed in the old _____ sense of being frayed by a whip."

2. What does the narrator compare the black rocks to in Chapter 4?

3. Who does the narrator say that Herman Hesse thought he was in Chapter 7?

4. What words does the narrator hear in the meadow in Chapter 9?

5. What poet does the narrator refer to in Chapter 5 in relation to himself?

(see the answer key)

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