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

2. Why is Dick angry with Parker the next morning?
(a) He told Miss Perry about Dick's boat.
(b) He made a pass at his wife.
(c) He slept with Elsie.
(d) He wants his money.

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

4. Where do Dick and Eddie Wormsley go to buy materials?
(a) Lowe's.
(b) Menard's.
(c) The salvage warehouse.
(d) The Home Depot.

5. What does May tell Dick she will not do again?
(a) Wear lime green.
(b) Dye her hair black.
(c) Have plastic surgery.
(d) Live through another winter of his foul moods.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does Tom not go along to empty the lobster pots?

4. What does Elsie tell Dick that she did last night?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How can Elsie be noted as the heroine of Chapter 10 and who would be the antithesis of that?

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

3. What is revealed about Dick's leadership skills on the documentary trip?

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

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

6. What does Parker's cunning behavior begin to signify?

7. How does the author show the vulnerable side of Elsie's normally strong personality?

8. Compare and contrast Dick and Elsie's positions regarding legal activities.

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

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

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