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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. With what does Dick offer to help Elsie?
(a) Tuning her car.
(b) Mulching the garden.
(c) Moving furniture.
(d) Hospital expenses.

2. What does the boatyard manager exclaim when he first sees Charlie's boat?
(a) Jesus H. Christ.
(b) Now, that's a boat.
(c) Holy shit.
(d) That the best you got?

3. Where does Dick meet with his family after the hurricane?
(a) Elsie's house.
(b) Miss Perry's house.
(c) Eddie's house.
(d) The Neptune.

4. Elsie says that maybe Dick gets some cheap thrills by____________________.
(a) Watching Parker and Marie having sex.
(b) Entertaining women on his boat.
(c) Eavesdropping on conversations.
(d) Having sex with her.

5. Where does May tell Dick he can go?
(a) Hell.
(b) The ballgame.
(c) The poker game.
(d) The Neptune.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dick asks Parker if he had sex with Marie because _________________________.

2. Who does Dick call after he learns that a hurricane is on its way?

3. Why does May think Eddie won't get far with his new woman?

4. What do Dick and Parker talk about when they get out on the water?

5. Where does Elsie offer to go with Dick?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Dick's conflicted feelings about Parker continue to exhibit in Chapter 44?

2. How does Elsie's refusal to have sex again with Dick signal an attempt to help him break a destructive pattern?

3. Why is Dick confused about May's comments about what women want in their lives?

4. Explain how the author uses the technique of flashbacks in Chapter 50.

5. Describe Dick's state of mind trying to balance May and Elsie in his life.

6. How does Elsie interpret Dick's comment that they are similar to Marie and Parker?

7. How does Dick feel himself becoming more like the people he used to hate?

8. What does Dick tell Elsie that he expects May's reaction will be when he reveals his infidelity?

9. What news does Elsie tell Dick about her life and how things are surprisingly working out to her benefit?

10. How does Dick avoid telling May the truth about his affair with Elsie?

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