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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Crabbe say he can't stomach about Stroeve?
(a) His depressive episodes.
(b) His buffoonery.
(c) His weakness.
(d) His sense of humor.

2. How does Strickland address Dirk?
(a) Ape.
(b) Clown.
(c) Dope.
(d) Fatty.

3. What name does the Colonel call Strickland?
(a) Jack the lad.
(b) Blackguard.
(c) Fool.
(d) Swine.

4. What does the author call the English he corresponded with Dirk in?
(a) Entertaining.
(b) Blunt.
(c) Queer.
(d) Ungrammatical.

5. Where did the author travel to during the war?
(a) Iraq.
(b) Indonesia.
(c) Tahiti.
(d) Peru.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the author say paints jolly, fat merchants?

2. What does Dirk make for Strickland to eat?

3. Where did the author meet Dirk?

4. Why does Dirk say he wants to help Strickland?

5. What game does Amy say Charles is great at?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Dirk's relationship with his wife?

2. How does Mrs. Strickland express her disgust for her husband by the way she brings up her daughter?

3. What kind of painting does Dirk paint?

4. Why does Strickland think he can become a successful painter?

5. How does Mrs. Strickland begin to make something of her life?

6. How does Crabbe describe Strickland in Chapter 6?

7. What is Rose Waterford's reaction to Strickland's disappearance?

8. How does Dirk say he made a fool of himself in this section?

9. How does Dirk persuade Blanche to let Strickland stay?

10. How does Strickland try to keep himself alive?

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