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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Strickland smoke in Crabbe's room?
(a) A joint.
(b) A cigar.
(c) A pipe.
(d) A cigarette.

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

3. What is Abraham's job in Egypt?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Dentist.
(c) Writer.
(d) Doctor.

4. What does Crabbe suggest Dirk do?
(a) Talk to Strickland.
(b) Call the police.
(c) Go back to Holland.
(d) Find another wife.

5. How did Blanche try to kill herself?
(a) She took poison.
(b) She took sleeping pills.
(c) She tried to hang herself.
(d) She slit her wrists.

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

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

8. 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) Set wolves on her family.
(d) Burn down her hut.

9. What country does Crabbe suggest Dirk goes to for awhile?
(a) Holland.
(b) Germany.
(c) Italy.
(d) England.

10. What island does Crabbe travel to fifteen years later?
(a) Jamaica.
(b) Tahiti.
(c) Barbados.
(d) Guernsey.

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

12. What does Ata do to Strickland's painting after he is buried?
(a) Burns it down.
(b) Takes photographs.
(c) Sells it.
(d) Makes it into a tourist attraction.

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

14. What does Crabbe think Dirk's mother has cheeks like?
(a) Apples.
(b) Cherries.
(c) Pears.
(d) Roses.

15. Who suggests that Crabbe visits Captain Brunot?
(a) Strickland.
(b) Eden.
(c) Ata.
(d) Tiare.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dirk refuse to do what Crabbe suggests he do?

2. What does Strickland do as soon as he makes enough money on the plantation?

3. What does the nurse say Blanche is too weak to use?

4. What kind of coffee does Crabbe's concierge bring him at the beginning of Chapter 34?

5. Where does Strickland want to go when he hears he has leprosy?

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