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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dirk say has happened to Blanche in this section?
(a) She has contracted a disease.
(b) She has killed herself.
(c) She has left Paris.
(d) She has broken her leg.

2. What does Crabbe think has no importance to Strickland?
(a) Children.
(b) Women.
(c) Other artists.
(d) Books.

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

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

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

6. What was the name of Strickland's Tahitian wife?
(a) Jo.
(b) Arni.
(c) Ata.
(d) Tiare.

7. What does Strickland do as soon as he makes enough money on the plantation?
(a) Buys paint.
(b) Leaves Tahiti.
(c) Marries a local.
(d) Builds a boat.

8. What does Crabbe say Strickland walks up and down the room like?
(a) A schitzophrenic.
(b) A posessed man.
(c) A caged beast.
(d) An agitated tiger.

9. What does Crabbe tell Strickland to sit on?
(a) A settee.
(b) A cushion.
(c) A stool.
(d) An arm chair.

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

11. What does Crabbe say the carriage driver dismisses the dead with?
(a) A throaty laugh.
(b) A big sigh.
(c) A shrug of his shoulders.
(d) A nod of his head.

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

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

14. Who does Tiare Johnson love making dinners for?
(a) Children.
(b) Strays.
(c) Tourists.
(d) White men.

15. What is the last thing Strickland paints?
(a) The walls of the hut.
(b) The hut roof.
(c) The plantation.
(d) His wife and childen.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Blanche try to kill herself?

2. What does Crabbe say he would like to represent Mrs. Strickland as?

3. What is the piano covered with?

4. What did Strickland mostly paint while in Tahiti?

5. What does Crabbe think Strickland is incapable of?

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