Spartina Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

John Casey (novelist)
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 131 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Spartina Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

John Casey (novelist)
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 131 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Where do Dick and Eddie Wormsley go to buy materials?
(a) The salvage warehouse.
(b) The Home Depot.
(c) Menard's.
(d) Lowe's.

2. Elsie says that Dick is _____________.
(a) Angry.
(b) Charming.
(c) Difficult.
(d) Handsome.

3. What is the name of the Rhode Island town where Dick lives?
(a) Pawtucket.
(b) Newport.
(c) Galilee.
(d) Providence.

4. What does Elsie do that annoys Dick?
(a) Tells stupid jokes.
(b) Smokes too many cigarettes.
(c) Giggles like a girl.
(d) Films him preparing for the trip.

5. What does Parker call Dick?
(a) A non-player.
(b) A jerk.
(c) A wonderful father.
(d) A whale of a fisherman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens after the noise of the party dies down?

2. Who is Dick's wife?

3. What is a quahog?

4. What seems to sexually arouse Elsie?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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. What is revealed about Dick's personality in Chapter 2 when he and his sons dig for illegal clams in the bird sanctuary?

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

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

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

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

9. Who is Miss Perry and what is her relationship to Dick and his family?

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

(see the answer keys)

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