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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Schuyler doing when Parker sees him the next morning?
(a) Reading the newspaper.
(b) Loading a U-Haul trailer.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Having breakfast.

2. Who is the main character of SPARTINA?
(a) Chick Pierce.
(b) Dave Pierce.
(c) Dick Pierce.
(d) Dick Pearson.

3. 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.

4. How much money does Dick get for his part in the drug deal tonight?
(a) $1,000.
(b) $500.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $10,000.

5. What is the name of the Rhode Island town where Dick lives?
(a) Pawtucket.
(b) Providence.
(c) Newport.
(d) Galilee.

6. What does May withhold from Charlie?
(a) Sex.
(b) Food.
(c) Humor.
(d) Money.

7. How many swordfish do Dick and Charlie catch each day?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

8. With whom did Elsie's father once have an affair?
(a) Aggie Booker.
(b) Maggie Bigelow.
(c) Aggie Bigelow.
(d) Maggie Beerman.

9. How much money does Dick want Joxer to loan him?
(a) $1,000.
(b) $5,000.
(c) $20,000.
(d) $10,000.

10. Who comes to look at Dick's boat in Chapter 14?
(a) Joxer Goode.
(b) Miss Perry.
(c) Parker.
(d) Captain Texeira.

11. Which of the following does Parker NOT consider when escaping back to the Mamzelle?
(a) If they just hit an unlucky night.
(b) If Keith is OK on the Mamzelle.
(c) If an informant tricked them.
(d) If all the Coat Guard was after them.

12. Who is willing to lend Dick $1,000?
(a) Joxter.
(b) Elsie.
(c) Elsie's brother-in-law.
(d) Miss Perry.

13. What do Dick and his boys put in a fifty-five gallon drum?
(a) Sand.
(b) Oil.
(c) Mulch.
(d) Clams.

14. What is the name of Parker's boat?
(a) Mamzelle.
(b) May Oui.
(c) Pizzelle.
(d) May Flower.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What seems to sexually arouse Elsie?

2. In what did Dick unknowingly smuggle heroin for Larry?

3. What happens to Elsie on board the ship?

4. What objects does Dick see in Miss Perry's house that are unsettling to him?

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

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