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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. Which of the following is NOT true as Chapter 46 begins?
(a) Dick and his family are having a pleasant winter.
(b) Dick and his family are staying at Eddie's.
(c) Elsie calls May to tell her about her affair with Dick.
(d) The first months of winter are profitable.

2. What is ruined on the trip getting Dick's boat to the boatyard?
(a) A mailbox.
(b) Some street signs.
(c) A portion of May's garden.
(d) The side of a car.

3. Who does Dick go to see at the beginning of Chapter 42?
(a) The boatyard manager.
(b) The insurance man.
(c) Miss Perry.
(d) Parker.

4. Who breaks a bottle of champagne on the ship's bow to christen it?
(a) May.
(b) Charlie.
(c) Miss Perry.
(d) Dick.

5. Where is May when Dick tells her about his affair?
(a) In a cafe.
(b) Watching TV in the family room.
(c) Driving to the grocery.
(d) In the garden at their house.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Elsie leave Dick?

2. What does the boatyard manager exclaim when he first sees Charlie's boat?

3. What is one of the sensations that Dick has when he awakens?

4. Which of the following does Dick NOT battle with in Chapter 36?

5. Who arrives at Elsie's house while Dick is still there?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the weather reflect the state of Dick and his family?

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

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

4. How does Schuyler's documentary put Dick in an unfavorable light?

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

6. How does the weather reflect the state of Dick and May's relationship?

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

10. Describe the climax of the story as Dick's new boat is christened and launched.

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