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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. What is Larry shooting out on the water?
(a) Sharks.
(b) Swordfish.
(c) Poachers.
(d) Seagulls.
2. What is Elsie Buttrick's job?
(a) Physician.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Fish and game warden.
(d) Nurse.
3. What is The Wedding Cake?
(a) A bakery.
(b) An office building.
(c) A house.
(d) A wedding chapel.
4. What does Dick drop off his sons, Charlie and Tom, to do?
(a) Go to basketball practice.
(b) Dig for clams.
(c) Study at the library.
(d) Go to a movie.
5. What does May encourage Charlie to do on the trip?
(a) Stay sober.
(b) Get along with people.
(c) Use sunscreen.
(d) Catch lots of lobster.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Parker tell Dick to bring along on the trip to dump their crab catch?
2. Who comes to look at Dick's boat in Chapter 14?
3. What does Parker call Dick?
4. What name does Parker call Dick?
5. How does Charlie think about May in his mind?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Miss Perry and what is her relationship to Dick and his family?
2. What do Miss Perry's walking sticks represent to Dick?
3. How does the author show the vulnerable side of Elsie's normally strong personality?
4. What is Dick's employment pattern and how does he plan to make money to finish his boat?
5. What are the two viable options for funding for Dick's boat at this point?
6. 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?
7. How does Joxer's bad luck change the immediate future for more than himself?
8. Explain Dick's thoughts as he begins to understand the complications of the drug smuggling situation with Parker.
9. Describe Dick's experience when he goes to Miss Perry's house to thank her for the loan.
10. How can Elsie be noted as the heroine of Chapter 10 and who would be the antithesis of that?
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