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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 42-46.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Stroeve say she will do if Dirk brings Strickland to the house?
(a) Let him die.
(b) Nurse him.
(c) Call the police.
(d) Leave.

2. What can Crabbe see Strickland doing as Stroeve left his apartment?
(a) Smoking a cigarette.
(b) Laughing.
(c) Destroying Stroeve's paintings.
(d) Putting his feet up on the table.

3. What does the author say it seemed like Mrs. Strickland's sister carried in her pocket?
(a) Young men.
(b) The British Empire.
(c) A book of facts.
(d) The African continent.

4. What does Crabbe think of Strickland's paintings?
(a) Sensationalist and exaggerated.
(b) Beautiful and sensual.
(c) Earthy and soulful.
(d) Awkward and clumsy.

5. What does Dirk do for a living?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A writer.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A painter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Crabbe think has no importance to Strickland?

2. What did Strickland's fellow students at his painting classes think of his work?

3. What does the author say Strickland's clothes hang off him like?

4. What is Captain Nichol's job on Tahiti?

5. What city does Crabbe decide to live in five years later?

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