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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 49.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Dick and Elsie talk about in the blue canoe?
(a) Dick's boat.
(b) Dick's divorce.
(c) Elsie's pregnancy.
(d) Elsie's new job.

2. What does Elsie tell Dick before she leaves?
(a) She is sorry she can't love him.
(b) She is sorry for making things difficult.
(c) She is sorry she didn't marry him 20 years ago.
(d) She is sorry she got pregnant.

3. Where is Dick's family living since their house was damaged in the hurricane?
(a) The Seafarer Inn.
(b) Eddie's house.
(c) Miss Perry's house.
(d) The Holiday Inn.

4. Why does May think Eddie won't get far with his new woman?
(a) He is too predictable.
(b) He is too young.
(c) He is not very reliable.
(d) He is too old.

5. Why is Dick upset with his sons after they return from fishing on his birthday?
(a) They broke a window playing catch.
(b) They show Dick's boat to Elsie.
(c) They wrecked the car.
(d) They didn't do the yardwork.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Dick call after he learns that a hurricane is on its way?

2. Where is Dick headed as Chapter 32 opens?

3. Where did Dick and his friend, Larry Parker, once take a fifty-five foot boat?

4. What does Elsie do that annoys Dick?

5. Where does the note tell Dick to go?

(see the answer key)

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