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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who starts teasing the men as they get their luggage ready to go?
(a) Their mothers.
(b) No one.
(c) A group of young boys.
(d) Some girls who walk by.

2. What does J.'s doctor prescribe?
(a) More calories.
(b) A hearty diet and exercise.
(c) Less smoking.
(d) Less drinking.

3. What does Harris offer the man who accuses him of trespassing?
(a) A bottle of whiskey.
(b) Salted meat.
(c) Bread and jam.
(d) Cheese.

4. What kind of song is the German man in J.'s story singing when the audience has a joke played on them?
(a) A very funny song.
(b) A very mysterious song.
(c) A very religious song.
(d) A very sad song.

5. What time did the men want to wake up on the day they start their journey?
(a) 6:30 a.m.
(b) 4:30 a.m.
(c) 7:30 a.m.
(d) 5:30 a.m.

6. Where do the men decide they will leave from to begin their river journey?
(a) Birmingham.
(b) Kingston.
(c) Hampton.
(d) Stockton.

7. In what city is there a hedge maze?
(a) Marauder.
(b) Kingston.
(c) London.
(d) Hampton Court.

8. Kingston is known for being ___________________.
(a) A large battle that was fought there between the French and the German.
(b) The largest port city in England.
(c) A large battle that was fought there between the French and the Irish.
(d) The former royal seat of the Saxon kings.

9. Whom do the men blame for oversleeping?
(a) The maid.
(b) The dog.
(c) The alarm clock.
(d) Each other.

10. What does the story of the shop in a former house prompt J. to think about?
(a) How money can't buy happiness.
(b) How important women are to making a place look nice.
(c) How there's nothing like a place to call home.
(d) How people always seem to end up with what they do not want.

11. Who ends up packing all of the clothes and supplies in the men's first attempt?
(a) George.
(b) Harris.
(c) Their housekeeper.
(d) J.

12. Who is the narrator of "Three Men in a Boat"?
(a) J.
(b) George.
(c) Harris.
(d) A neutral person we never see.

13. What towns are Harris and J. rowing by as J. tries to keep Harris from stopping to read tomb inscriptions?
(a) Newport and Bridgeport.
(b) Boston and Newport.
(c) Halliford and Shepperton.
(d) Burlington and Burlingame.

14. What time do the men wake up on the day they start their journey?
(a) 1:00 p.m.
(b) 11:00 a.m.
(c) 10:00 a.m.
(d) 9:00 a.m.

15. Where does Harris first mention wanting to get out and look at tombstone inscriptions?
(a) The lock cemetery.
(b) London.
(c) On the train ride.
(d) Hampton Church.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the men ultimately get the train they need?

2. Whose relative is Uncle Podger?

3. What do the men push aside to make room for everything they want to pack?

4. In the first chapter, who admits that he is something of a hypochondriac?

5. What example is given of a simple project Uncle Podger would undertake?

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