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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 Elsie drinking when Dick arrives at the house?
(a) Wine.
(b) Beer.
(c) Iced tea.
(d) Coffee.
2. What does Elsie show to Dick?
(a) Plans for a house.
(b) Her enlarged stomach.
(c) Old journals.
(d) Her new Blackberry.
3. Who does Dick go to see at the beginning of Chapter 42?
(a) Parker.
(b) The insurance man.
(c) Miss Perry.
(d) The boatyard manager.
4. What is ruined on the trip getting Dick's boat to the boatyard?
(a) Some street signs.
(b) The side of a car.
(c) A mailbox.
(d) A portion of May's garden.
5. What building seems to be relatively unharmed in the aftermath of the hurricane?
(a) The Neptune.
(b) The Mermaid's Lure.
(c) The Quahog Cafe.
(d) The Wedding Cake.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does May tell Dick he can go?
2. With what does Dick offer to help Elsie?
3. Why does May want the money from Dick?
4. What is one of the sensations that Dick has when he awakens?
5. Who does May tell Dick has called him?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the weather reflect the state of Dick and his family?
2. What does Eddie note about Dick's mood even though the boat is finished and ready for launching?
3. Describe the climax of the story as Dick's new boat is christened and launched.
4. What is the significance of Dick and Elsie spotting the blue canoe after the storm?
5. Explain how the author uses the technique of flashbacks in Chapter 50.
6. What is the symbolism of the spartina and the Wedding Cake that are still intact after the hurricane?
7. How does Dick feel himself becoming more like the people he used to hate?
8. What happens in Chapter 44 that exacerbates Dick's gloomy feelings when he is on shore?
9. What does Dick tell Elsie that he expects May's reaction will be when he reveals his infidelity?
10. What is the irony of the value of the books Miss Perry gave to Dick and his sons?
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