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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 does Elsie want to show Dick?
(a) Some baby sand turtles.
(b) The blue canoe.
(c) Plans for a new house.
(d) A new car.
2. What about Elsie seems to confuse Dick?
(a) Her job choice.
(b) Her odd house.
(c) Her mood changes.
(d) Her clothing choices.
3. Who has repaid Elsie's brother-in-law?
(a) Dick.
(b) May.
(c) Elsie.
(d) Eddie.
4. Where is Dick's family living since their house was damaged in the hurricane?
(a) The Holiday Inn.
(b) Miss Perry's house.
(c) Eddie's house.
(d) The Seafarer Inn.
5. What does Elsie show to Dick?
(a) Plans for a house.
(b) Her enlarged stomach.
(c) Her new Blackberry.
(d) Old journals.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following does NOT describe May's behavior toward Dick?
2. Where does Dick long to be for some stability in his life?
3. What appears very green to Dick as he surveys the aftermath of the hurricane?
4. Where does Dick feel the happiest he can remember?
5. Who breaks a bottle of champagne on the ship's bow to christen it?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Dick avoid telling May the truth about his affair with Elsie?
2. How does Dick feel himself becoming more like the people he used to hate?
3. What happens in Chapter 44 that exacerbates Dick's gloomy feelings when he is on shore?
4. What mood does the author establish with the brevity of Chapter 47?
5. How does the weather reflect the state of Dick and his family?
6. How does Elsie's refusal to have sex again with Dick signal an attempt to help him break a destructive pattern?
7. Explain the irony of Dick's new assertiveness with Parker.
8. Describe Dick's state of mind trying to balance May and Elsie in his life.
9. How does the damage done to Dick's house mirror the damage to himself?
10. What is the significance of Dick and Elsie spotting the blue canoe after the storm?
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