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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does J. describe along the way to Oxford?
(a) The weather.
(b) The Oxford English Dictionary.
(c) The small towns they pass.
(d) The royal family's love of boating.

2. What time did George's watch stop in the story J. tells?
(a) 6:15.
(b) 8:15.
(c) 10:15.
(d) 2:15.

3. What do the men do to celebrate coming to a compromise about their sleeping arrangements?
(a) Have custom tents made.
(b) Give each other a pat on the back.
(c) Go out for a drink.
(d) Smoke a fancy cigar.

4. Who takes charge of the unusual item that the men see floating in the water after they pass Reading?
(a) Just Harris.
(b) Just J.
(c) George, J., and Harris.
(d) Some men on shore.

5. How does Montmorency react to the men's jovial demeanor while making the stew?
(a) He gets into the spirit.
(b) He becomes afraid.
(c) He naps.
(d) He disappears for awhile.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of song does the audience think the German man is singing in J.'s story about the joke being played on everyone at a dinner party?

2. While in Reading, where do the men randomly meet some friends of theirs?

3. Who suggests the group make a stew one night for dinner?

4. What do the men argue about in regard to rowing the boat?

5. Why did George pass the second inn he found when he first visited Datchet?

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