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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of stove do the three men decide not to take on their trip?
(a) An oil stove.
(b) A coal stove.
(c) A gas stove.
(d) A steam stove.

2. In the first chapter, who admits that he is something of a hypochondriac?
(a) Harris.
(b) The narrator.
(c) George.
(d) J.

3. What signals finally allow George and J. to find Harris the night they go to Henley?
(a) Police sirens and the light of flames.
(b) The terrible sound of Harris singing and playing the banjo.
(c) The sound of waves crashing up against the boat.
(d) Montmorency barking and a light.

4. Why is Stivvings always missing school?
(a) He cuts classes with his friends.
(b) He must help his ailing mother.
(c) He is sick.
(d) He sleeps in and misses the bus.

5. Who finally ends up helping George find a place to sleep when he first visits Datchet?
(a) A small boy.
(b) A beautiful girl.
(c) No one.
(d) An old man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are people wearing when the young men reach Moulsey Lock?

2. What is distinct about the house in Kingston which J. tells a story about?

3. What is the group's original goal for Magna Charta Island?

4. What does J. remark about people's impression of their own work while on a boat?

5. What does George want to postpone doing before they set up their boat for sleeping near Picnic Point?

(see the answer key)

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