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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Whose relative is Uncle Podger?
(a) Harris's.
(b) George's.
(c) J.'s.
(d) The narrator's.
2. According to Harris's thinking, who has accused them of trespassing?
(a) The landowner.
(b) Just someone who tries to extort money from unknowning boaters.
(c) A member of the royal family.
(d) A ghost from the past.
3. Where do the men take their train to meet their boat?
(a) London.
(b) Kingston.
(c) Devonshire.
(d) Waterloo.
4. Who remembers that he has forgotten to pack boots?
(a) George.
(b) Harris.
(c) Everyone.
(d) J.
5. What towns are Harris and J. rowing by as J. tries to keep Harris from stopping to read tomb inscriptions?
(a) Burlington and Burlingame.
(b) Newport and Bridgeport.
(c) Boston and Newport.
(d) Halliford and Shepperton.
6. What is Harris's full name?
(a) Samuel William Harris.
(b) William Samuel Harris.
(c) Brice Christopherson Harris.
(d) Chistopherson Brice Harris.
7. What does the group do with the initial list of items to bring?
(a) They end up fighting over it so much that it is torn into pieces.
(b) They keep it as a souvenir.
(c) They nail it to the boat.
(d) They throw it out.
8. Where do the men decide they will wash their clothes?
(a) At a private house.
(b) They bring enough clothes so they don't have to wash any.
(c) In the river.
(d) At a laundromat.
9. Why do the men oversleep right as they begin their journey?
(a) They are all getting sick.
(b) They don't really want to go.
(c) Someone drugged them.
(d) They were up so late packing.
10. J. believes that fellow boaters blame _________________when their tow lines get tangled.
(a) The goddess of rivers.
(b) Tricksters.
(c) Each other.
(d) The god of water.
11. What time did the men want to wake up on the day they start their journey?
(a) 6:30 a.m.
(b) 7:30 a.m.
(c) 4:30 a.m.
(d) 5:30 a.m.
12. Why do the people in the boat often want the attention of the person pulling the tow line?
(a) People play a game of trying to get the most attention.
(b) It is customary to tease them.
(c) Something has gone wrong.
(d) Everyone wants a chance to pull.
13. According to J., what animals do some kind of boaters hire to pull their boats?
(a) Oxen.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Elephants.
(d) Horses.
14. What is the most common way for someone to pull the tow line?
(a) On roller skates.
(b) With a special contraption that looks like a tractor.
(c) While running.
(d) While walking.
15. What is the first act of work which Harris and J. make George do when he finally gets on the boat?
(a) Cook breakfast.
(b) Clean the bathrooms.
(c) Pull the tow line.
(d) Cook lunch.
Short Answer Questions
1. What kind of song is the German man in J.'s story singing when the audience has a joke played on them?
2. What does Harris offer the man who accuses him of trespassing?
3. Harris and J. agree they will try one day to get _________into the maze.
4. What do women usually wear when going to a lock?
5. Who first volunteers to pack everything?
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