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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. Why does Dick go to Miss Perry's house in Chapter 29?
(a) To return some books.
(b) To thank her for the loan.
(c) To borrow her camera.
(d) To prune her hedges.

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

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

4. What does Charlie show Elsie how to use on board?
(a) Life jacket.
(b) Stove.
(c) Sails.
(d) Radar.

5. Where does Dick hide his skiff when it is spotted?
(a) In the spartina.
(b) Joxer's dock.
(c) The dock at the Neptune.
(d) At a roadside rest.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Elsie prepare on board?

3. How does Dick hurt May's feelings?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the parallel that emerges between Dick and his deceased father.

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

3. 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?

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

5. How does Dick think May will respond if she ever finds out about his affair with Elsie?

6. How does Dick feel about the fantasies that Elsie finds erotic?

7. How does Dick's attraction to Elsie begin?

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

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

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

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