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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) Set wolves on her family.
(c) Kill her husband.
(d) Burn down her hut.

2. Why does Crabbe feel guilty about Dirk?
(a) He is giving money to Blanche.
(b) He feels at fault.
(c) He can't stop laughing at him.
(d) He is using Dirk's character for a story.

3. What does Dirk ask Crabbe to do for him?
(a) Kill Strickland.
(b) Sit for him.
(c) Write a letter to Blanche.
(d) Spread rumors about Strickland.

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

5. Who does Crabbe lie awake thinking about at the beginning of Chapter 30?
(a) Strickland.
(b) Mrs. Strickland.
(c) Dirk.
(d) Blanche.

6. Where does Nichols say he met Strickland?
(a) Paris.
(b) Marseilles.
(c) On a ship.
(d) Tahiti.

7. Where does Dirk wait for Blanche?
(a) Outside her school.
(b) On her shopping route.
(c) Outside her apartment.
(d) Outside her work.

8. What does Crabbe do while Stroeve lies exhausted on his sofa?
(a) Smokes a pipe.
(b) Eats a banana.
(c) Smokes a cigarette.
(d) Reads a book.

9. What does Strickland ask Crabbe when they meet on the street?
(a) What's on at the cinema.
(b) Why he is looking so angry.
(c) Where he has been.
(d) How Dirk is.

10. Why does Strickland say he can't go to Holland?
(a) He has been commissioned to paint a portrait.
(b) He doesn't have the money.
(c) He is going to London.
(d) He has other fish to fry.

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

12. Where does Crabbe think Nichols heard the story he tells about Strickland?
(a) A native.
(b) A newspaper article.
(c) A magazine article.
(d) A novel.

13. What does Strickland invite Crabbe to see?
(a) His apartment.
(b) His garden.
(c) His paintings.
(d) His pets.

14. Why does Dirk refuse to do what Crabbe suggests he do?
(a) He has no money.
(b) Blanche may need him.
(c) He wants to win Blanche back.
(d) His family don't like him.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Strickland draw on the hut walls?

3. What part of herself has Blanche burned?

4. What does Dirk say has happened to Blanche in this section?

5. Why can't Stroeve destroy the painting?

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