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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of Strickland painting does Dr. Coutras own?
(a) A self portrait.
(b) A landscape painting.
(c) A fruit painting.
(d) A flower painting.

2. Why is Dr. Coutras surprised Strickland could paint the hut?
(a) He had no hands.
(b) He had no paint.
(c) He was incredibly weak.
(d) He had no eyes.

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

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

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

6. Why does Brunot think he and Strickland are alike?
(a) They both love Tahiti.
(b) They both are sensual.
(c) They both have an urge to create beauty.
(d) They both dislike Europe.

7. What did Stroeve's father want him to become?
(a) A mechanic.
(b) A writer.
(c) A carpenter.
(d) An artist,

8. What does Crabbe try to find on Tahiti?
(a) Strickland's biography.
(b) Strickland's family connections.
(c) Strickland's wife.
(d) Strickland's paintings.

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

10. What does Stroeve try to use to destroy the painting?
(a) A scalpel.
(b) A fork.
(c) A scraper.
(d) A knife.

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

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

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

14. What does Crabbe think Strickland is incapable of?
(a) Love.
(b) Hate.
(c) Affection.
(d) Artistry.

15. What did Brunot used to play with Strickland?
(a) Cards.
(b) Soccer.
(c) Golf.
(d) Chess.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Stroeve start doing twice a day?

3. What does Crabbe say Strickland does not see as a hardship?

4. Where is Strickland when Old Bill turns up looking for a fight?

5. What does Strickland say is a weakness?

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