Spartina Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

John Casey (novelist)
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 131 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Spartina Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

John Casey (novelist)
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 131 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Dick's mood regarding the loan to finish his boat?
(a) Low.
(b) Angry.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Ecstatic.

2. Why can't Joxer buy any crabs at the moment?
(a) His workers are on strike.
(b) He is home with the flu.
(c) His cash flow is too tight.
(d) His refrigeration is down.

3. What do Dick and Elsie do in the mud?
(a) Dig for clams.
(b) Make love.
(c) Carve their initials.
(d) Search for lost coins.

4. What is a quahog?
(a) A bacteria.
(b) A mascot.
(c) A tractor.
(d) A clam.

5. Who comes to Dick's house on his birthday?
(a) His mother-in-law.
(b) Miss Perry.
(c) His mother.
(d) Miss Pearson.

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

7. Where did Dick and his friend, Larry Parker, once take a fifty-five foot boat?
(a) The Pacific Ocean.
(b) The Mediterranean.
(c) The Red Sea.
(d) The Caribbean.

8. What is the name of the local bar where the fishermen hang out?
(a) The Neptune.
(b) The Mermaid's Lair.
(c) Hook, Line & Drinker.
(d) Poseidon's Adventure.

9. What does Dick tell May when he returns home from Miss Perry's?
(a) Miss Perry has died.
(b) The loan is complete.
(c) He loves her.
(d) He didn't get the loan.

10. Who goes after a swordfish in a dory?
(a) Max.
(b) Schuyler.
(c) Charlie.
(d) Elsie.

11. What is particularly notable about the whelps?
(a) They are pink.
(b) They smell bad.
(c) They are really big.
(d) They are lightweight.

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

13. What does Dick drop off his sons, Charlie and Tom, to do?
(a) Go to a movie.
(b) Go to basketball practice.
(c) Dig for clams.
(d) Study at the library.

14. Who is Dick's wife?
(a) Marie.
(b) Mary.
(c) May.
(d) Maryann.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Dick want Joxer to loan him?

2. What does Miss Perry bring with her each year on Dick's birthday?

3. What name does Parker call Dick?

4. Why does Dick let Charlie pick up the money when they get back to shore?

5. What does Elsie tell Dick while they are in the blue canoe?

(see the answer keys)

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