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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 39 | Chapter 40.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Dick feel so low after securing a loan to finish his boat?
(a) He has given up his independence.
(b) Miss Perry has died.
(c) Charlie has gone away to school.
(d) May has left him.

2. What does Parker take out of an unidentified buoy with an orange pennant?
(a) Bait.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Money.
(d) Nothing.

3. Who arrives at Elsie's house while Dick is still there?
(a) Mary Scanlon.
(b) May.
(c) Joxer.
(d) Parker.

4. Who owns the boat, the Lydia P.?
(a) Parker.
(b) Captain Texeira.
(c) Schuyler.
(d) Joxer.

5. What appears very green to Dick as he surveys the aftermath of the hurricane?
(a) The nearby boats.
(b) The spartina.
(c) The sea.
(d) The color of the sky.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dick tell May when he returns home from Miss Perry's?

2. Elsie says that Dick is _____________.

3. Where do Dick and Eddie Wormsley go to buy materials?

4. What do Dick and Elsie do in the mud?

5. Where does Dick long to be for some stability in his life?

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