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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Chapters 3 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did telegraph service arrive in Point Partageuse, according to the narrator in Part One: Chapter 2?
(a) 1880.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1910.

2. Who is the keeper that Tom replaces at Janus Rock?
(a) Trimble Docherty.
(b) Bluey Smart.
(c) Ralph Addicott.
(d) Septimus Potts.

3. How high is the light in the lighthouse at Janus Rock?
(a) 100 feet high.
(b) 50 feet high.
(c) 150 feet high.
(d) 130 feet high.

4. Who has been overseeing the lighthouse at Janus Rock for the interim when Tom arrives in Part One: Chapter 3?
(a) Harry Garstone
(b) Ralph Addicott.
(c) Neville Whittnish.
(d) Bluey Smith.

5. About how far does the narrator say Janus Rock is from the mainland of Australia in the Prologue?
(a) 25 miles.
(b) 150 miles.
(c) 100 miles.
(d) 50 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the keeper of the boardinghouse where Tom stays in Point Partageuse in Part One: Chapter 2?

2. How many stairs in the lighthouse lead up to the lantern room at Janus Rock?

3. On what day of the week does Tom hoist the ensign at Janus Rock?

4. What is Isabel's last name?

5. What ship is described in the shipwreck of 1889 in the Prologue?

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