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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the piano covered with?
(a) A curtain.
(b) A blanket.
(c) A throw.
(d) Silk.

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

4. Why can't Stroeve destroy the painting?
(a) The canvas is too strong.
(b) It is a work of art.
(c) It is Blanche.
(d) It is ugly.

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

6. What was the name of the old sailor Strickland and Nichols stayed with?
(a) Macho Mike.
(b) Tough Bill.
(c) Big Bill.
(d) Tall John.

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

8. How does Dr. Coutras know Strickland?
(a) He commissioned him for a potrait.
(b) He bought some of his paintings.
(c) He played chess with him.
(d) He attended his death.

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

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

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

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

13. What does Crabbe say Dirk does for the first time in a week?
(a) Eats.
(b) Laughs.
(c) Cries.
(d) Sleeps.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What city does Strickland travel to after he shows Crabbe his paintings?

2. What does Crabbe think Dirk's mother has cheeks like?

3. Where does Crabbe think Nichols heard the story he tells about Strickland?

4. What does Strickland invite Crabbe to see?

5. What did Cohen employ Strickland as?

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