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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the natives say they will do if Ata uses their streams?
(a) Put a curse on her family.
(b) Kill her husband.
(c) Burn down her hut.
(d) Set wolves on her family.

2. What does Nichols think Tough Bill will do as soon as he is out of hospital?
(a) Kill himself.
(b) Go home.
(c) Kill Strickland.
(d) Marry a native.

3. What did Cohen employ Strickland as?
(a) A doctor.
(b) An overseer.
(c) A sailor.
(d) A house painter.

4. Where does Nichols say he took Strickland for breakfast?
(a) A snack bar.
(b) A pancake house.
(c) A soup kitchen
(d) A Macdonalds.

5. What does Crabbe think Dirk's father does in the evening?
(a) Talks with his sons.
(b) Watches television.
(c) Listens to the radio.
(d) Reads the newspaper.

6. What part of herself has Blanche burned?
(a) Her heart.
(b) Her vocal chords.
(c) Her ear drums.
(d) Her kidney.

7. What does Crabbe call Strickland's relationship with Blanche?
(a) A moment of clarity.
(b) A fleeting moment.
(c) A crime against humanity.
(d) A moment of weakness.

8. What does Crabbe call the parts of Strickland's life which is known to the public?
(a) Sunshine and happiness.
(b) Exciting and inspiring.
(c) Dull and uninspiring.
(d) Mud and gray.

9. What does the nurse say Blanche is too weak to use?
(a) A pen.
(b) A handkerchief.
(c) A hairdryer.
(d) A knife and fork.

10. What does Strickland say is a weakness?
(a) Love.
(b) Laughter.
(c) Hate.
(d) IQ.

11. What does Strickland draw on the hut walls?
(a) His self portrait.
(b) Religious images.
(c) England.
(d) Images of Tahiti.

12. What does Crabbe say Strickland does not see as a hardship?
(a) Not being able to paint.
(b) Living as a singleman.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Living as a beggar.

13. What country did Abraham decide was perfect for him?
(a) Morocco.
(b) USA.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Spain.

14. Why does Nichols have to cut his time short with Crabbe?
(a) He has to get back to work.
(b) He is feeling sick.
(c) He has an appointment.
(d) His wife is calling him.

15. How does Brunot say Strickland lived?
(a) Like a native.
(b) Like a king.
(c) Like a commoner.
(d) Like a God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Crabbe say Dirk does for the first time in a week?

2. What does Crabbe think of Strickland's paintings?

3. What is the name of the man Crabbe tells Tiare a story about?

4. What does Crabbe say the carriage driver dismisses the dead with?

5. What does Stroeve start doing twice a day?

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