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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 47-52.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does the author use to describe Mrs. Strickland's face in Chapter 9?
(a) Earthy.
(b) Rocky.
(c) Sandy.
(d) Glassy.

2. What does Tough Bill get in exchange for booking sailors jobs on ships?
(a) Their houses.
(b) Their first paycheck.
(c) Their posessions.
(d) 50% of their first paycheck.

3. Why does Crabbe think Blanche took satisfaction in destroying Dirk?
(a) He was pathetic.
(b) He was alone.
(c) He saved her.
(d) He forced her to love him.

4. What does Stroeve say his wife can't live on?
(a) Genius.
(b) Love.
(c) Infatuation.
(d) Air.

5. Where does Nichols say he and Strickland used to spend the night?
(a) Bus shelters.
(b) Abandoned cars.
(c) The beach.
(d) Caves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Crabbe tell Strickland to sit on?

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

3. What does the author say nature has made Dirk into?

4. What word does the author use to describe the Stricklands?

5. Who has Dirk's wife left him for?

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