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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who meets Parker, Dick and Keith when they dock?
(a) Plainclothes cops.
(b) May.
(c) Dick's sons.
(d) Elsie.

3. Who is the college boy who helps out on the crab dumping trip?
(a) Luke.
(b) Keith.
(c) James.
(d) Kevin.

4. What does Elsie do in the crow's nest?
(a) Keeps lookout for other ships.
(b) Keeps lookout for swordfish.
(c) Films the water.
(d) Gets a suntan.

5. What does May encourage Charlie to do on the trip?
(a) Use sunscreen.
(b) Catch lots of lobster.
(c) Stay sober.
(d) Get along with people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does May tell Dick she will not do again?

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

3. What does Dick tell May when he returns home from Miss Perry's?

4. Parker asks unusual questions about directions to and from _____________________.

5. What is attached to the harpooned fish that allows the fishermen to follow it in the water?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dick know that Elsie had been in the patrol boat the night before when he and Parker were trying to complete the drug deal?

2. How does Dick justify the loss of his family's land by taking advantage of the relationships he has with wealthy people in the area?

3. Describe Dick's experience when he goes to Miss Perry's house to thank her for the loan.

4. What are the two viable options for funding for Dick's boat at this point?

5. What is Dick's internal struggle regarding needing people and not wanting to appear that he does?

6. What are the differences between how May and Elsie view Dick's boat project?

7. What is Dick's employment pattern and how does he plan to make money to finish his boat?

8. How does the author use irony in the scenario on the dock with the cops and the drug-sniffing dog?

9. How does Joxer's bad luck change the immediate future for more than himself?

10. Explain Dick's thoughts as he begins to understand the complications of the drug smuggling situation with Parker.

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