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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is this section named?
(a) Prologue.
(b) Exit.
(c) Begin at the Beginning.
(d) The Beginning.

2. Why does Morgan want to write the letter?
(a) Apologize for stealing the painting.
(b) Apologize for stealing the money.
(c) Ask him to meet him in New York.
(d) Ask for money.

3. Morgan's manner can be described as ____________.
(a) Rude.
(b) Aggressive.
(c) Polite.
(d) Passive.

4. What is the name of the journalist who had written a story about a ship sinking after striking an iceberg?
(a) Sneed.
(b) Stead.
(c) Stegall.
(d) Steadman.

5. What does Morgan question about the ship?
(a) Why it is so big.
(b) Why it was painted grey.
(c) Why there is no theater.
(d) Why it was deemed seaworthy.

6. On what day of the month does the Prologue take place?
(a) 15th.
(b) 10th.
(c) 7th.
(d) 30th.

7. What is the stranger doing when the narrator comes upon him?
(a) Opening a bottle of wine.
(b) Hanging by his coat from a railing.
(c) Running from the police.
(d) Shooting pool.

8. What item does the other person clean?
(a) Glasses.
(b) Dishes.
(c) Tabletop.
(d) Boat.

9. What is the ordeal facing the two people?
(a) Plane crash.
(b) Car crash.
(c) Burning building.
(d) Drowning.

10. With what does the other person clean the glasses?
(a) Chamois.
(b) Dish cloth.
(c) Robe.
(d) Tissue.

11. To whom does Morgan plan to write a letter?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) His mother.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His fiancee.

12. What appears imminent for the two people?
(a) Taxes.
(b) Passion.
(c) Dinner.
(d) Death.

13. What is the name of the tall lady?
(a) Adele Barnsworth.
(b) Adele Barnes.
(c) Adelaide Baines.
(d) Adele Baines.

14. Melchett and Hopper advise Morgan to forget about ____________.
(a) Alexandra.
(b) Adelaide.
(c) Emmy.
(d) Wallis.

15. What are the two people doing as the Prologue begins?
(a) Eating.
(b) Crying.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Looking at each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. Morgan finds the cleaning of the glasses to be _______________.

2. Which of the following does Morgan NOT learn about the tall lady?

3. What does Morgan learn is true when he is strolling on deck after midnight?

4. In what city does the story begin?

5. Whose dinner party is Morgan obliged to attend?

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