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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 does Dick tell May he is going to ask about borrowing money?
(a) Miss Hall.
(b) Miss Dillard.
(c) Miss Pearson.
(d) Miss Perry.

2. Where is the cocaine located on the ship?
(a) The engine bay.
(b) The whelks.
(c) The galley.
(d) The crow's nest.

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

4. In what state does the story take place?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Florida.
(c) Washington.
(d) Rhode Island.

5. What is Elsie Buttrick's job?
(a) Fish and game warden.
(b) Nurse.
(c) Physician.
(d) Teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dick think about the cocaine smuggling deal?

2. What name does Parker call Dick?

3. Who meets Parker, Dick and Keith when they dock?

4. Why is Dick angry with Parker the next morning?

5. What do the dope sniffing dogs smell on shore?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Dick's internal conflict and how it relates to Parker's influence.

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

8. How does Dick misread the message that Elsie sends when she tells him to leave her with the secret of their affair?

9. What is the premise of SPARTINA?

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

(see the answer keys)

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