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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Dick and Elsie do at Elsie's house?
(a) Work in the greenhouse.
(b) Go swimming.
(c) Paint her kitchen.
(d) Talk and have sex.

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

3. What is the profession of the main character?
(a) Butcher.
(b) Fisherman.
(c) Accountant.
(d) Attorney.

4. How does Charlie think about May in his mind?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Sullen.
(c) Flirtatious.
(d) Solid and dependable.

5. What does Elsie tell Dick that she did last night?
(a) Went to see a new movie.
(b) Shuttled cops in her boat.
(c) Got drunk.
(d) Went to bed early.

6. What do Parker and Dick catch a lot of on the swordfish trip?
(a) Quahog.
(b) Marlin.
(c) Swordfish.
(d) Crabs.

7. What do the dope sniffing dogs smell on shore?
(a) The sand.
(b) A picnic basket.
(c) The basket of whelps.
(d) Some old clothes.

8. What type of event do Dick and his sons manage for Joxer?
(a) A wedding.
(b) A graduation party.
(c) A clambake.
(d) A retirement party.

9. What do the fishermen drink at the end of this harrowing day?
(a) Bourbon.
(b) Wine.
(c) Beer.
(d) Coffee.

10. What does Dick borrow from his neighbor, Eddie Wormsley?
(a) A ladder.
(b) A tractor.
(c) A wheelbarrow.
(d) $50.

11. Parker asks unusual questions about directions to and from _____________________.
(a) The Islander Club.
(b) Bermuda.
(c) The Neptune.
(d) Mary Scanlon's restaurant.

12. What name does Parker call Dick?
(a) Dick the Dude.
(b) Dickstick.
(c) Dicky-bird.
(d) The dickster.

13. Dick has only enough money for _______________ for his boat.
(a) New rigging.
(b) New radar.
(c) One coat of paint.
(d) A new engine.

14. What function will Elsie serve for Schuyler's movie?
(a) Historian.
(b) Voiceover.
(c) On-screen talent.
(d) Camerawoman.

15. Why is Dick angry with Parker the next morning?
(a) He slept with Elsie.
(b) He made a pass at his wife.
(c) He told Miss Perry about Dick's boat.
(d) He wants his money.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Miss Perry talk about at dinner?

3. What is the name of Parker's boat?

4. Who does Dick tell May he is going to ask about borrowing money?

5. Who is the main character of SPARTINA?

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