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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 Schuyler wearing this morning?
(a) Shorts.
(b) A suit.
(c) Swim suit.
(d) Nothing.
2. What objects does Dick see in Miss Perry's house that are unsettling to him?
(a) Guns.
(b) Filet knives.
(c) Pills.
(d) Walking sticks.
3. Why can't Joxer buy any crabs at the moment?
(a) His cash flow is too tight.
(b) He is home with the flu.
(c) His workers are on strike.
(d) His refrigeration is down.
4. Why does Dick feel so low after securing a loan to finish his boat?
(a) He has given up his independence.
(b) Miss Perry has died.
(c) Charlie has gone away to school.
(d) May has left him.
5. Who meets Parker, Dick and Keith when they dock?
(a) Dick's sons.
(b) May.
(c) Plainclothes cops.
(d) Elsie.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why is Dick upset with his sons after they return from fishing on his birthday?
2. What does Elsie prepare on board?
3. Which of the following does NOT describe Miss Perry's mood in Chapter 29?
4. What is The Wedding Cake?
5. What do Parker and Dick catch a lot of on the swordfish trip?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Dick's experience when he goes to Miss Perry's house to thank her for the loan.
2. What is Dick's employment pattern and how does he plan to make money to finish his boat?
3. What is Dick's internal struggle regarding needing people and not wanting to appear that he does?
4. What does Parker's cunning behavior begin to signify?
5. What advice does May give Dick before leaving on the swordfish trip which will be filmed for Schuyler's documentary?
6. Describe the parallel that emerges between Dick and his deceased father.
7. How does Dick think May will respond if she ever finds out about his affair with Elsie?
8. How does the author show that May is probably aware of Dick's affair with Elsie?
9. Explain Dick's thoughts as he begins to understand the complications of the drug smuggling situation with Parker.
10. How can Elsie be noted as the heroine of Chapter 10 and who would be the antithesis of that?
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