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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What does Parker tell Dick to bring along on the trip to dump their crab catch?
(a) His skiff.
(b) Bigger nets.
(c) Cold beer.
(d) Harpoons.

3. What does May call Dick's boat?
(a) The big drain.
(b) A hole in outer space.
(c) The bottomless pit.
(d) A money magnet.

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Dick have to really concentrate on now?
(a) Making money.
(b) Reading New England history books.
(c) The lies he tells May.
(d) His boat.

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

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

12. What does Dick think about the cocaine smuggling deal?
(a) He thinks this is just the beginning.
(b) He worries about going to prison.
(c) He is up for anything that will get him money.
(d) He has to sleep on it.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Parker call Dick?

2. What does Dick think would improve the chances of catching swordfish?

3. How does Dick hurt May's feelings?

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

5. What does Dick borrow from his neighbor, Eddie Wormsley?

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