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

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

3. Why does Crabbe feel guilty about Dirk?
(a) He is giving money to Blanche.
(b) He is using Dirk's character for a story.
(c) He feels at fault.
(d) He can't stop laughing at him.

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

5. What does Tough Bill get in exchange for booking sailors jobs on ships?
(a) 50% of their first paycheck.
(b) Their houses.
(c) Their first paycheck.
(d) Their posessions.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Tough Bill give Strickland in this section?

3. Where does Nichols say he and Strickland used to spend the night?

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

5. What does Crabbe say he is beginning to get bored with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Dirk's feelings about beauty?

2. What does Coutras think is so wonderful about Strickland's final paintings?

3. How does Strickland life change for the better when he marries Ata?

4. Why does Crabbe feel guilty in this section?

5. How does Tiare like to help people?

6. How does Cohen know Strickland?

7. What does Crabbe think about Blanche in this section?

8. Why does Dirk refuse to go back to Holland?

9. What does Crabbe think about Strickland's paintings?

10. What does Tiare think of men beating girls?

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