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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the most common way for someone to pull the tow line?
(a) While running.
(b) With a special contraption that looks like a tractor.
(c) While walking.
(d) On roller skates.

2. What is the first act of work which Harris and J. make George do when he finally gets on the boat?
(a) Cook lunch.
(b) Cook breakfast.
(c) Clean the bathrooms.
(d) Pull the tow line.

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

4. What does J. note often happens to the person responsible for pulling the tow line?
(a) He trips over the long rope.
(b) He gets very angry.
(c) He gets distracted.
(d) He trips.

5. According to J., what animals do some kind of boaters hire to pull their boats?
(a) Elephants.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Horses.
(d) Oxen.

6. J. believes that fellow boaters blame _________________when their tow lines get tangled.
(a) The goddess of rivers.
(b) Each other.
(c) Tricksters.
(d) The god of water.

7. What kind of singer does Harris imagine himself to be?
(a) All of these answers are correct.
(b) Amusing.
(c) Horrible.
(d) Very good.

8. What kinds of songs does Harris sometimes sing at parties?
(a) Romantic songs.
(b) Jazz songs.
(c) Comic songs.
(d) Opera songs.

9. According to Harris's thinking, who has accused them of trespassing?
(a) Just someone who tries to extort money from unknowning boaters.
(b) A member of the royal family.
(c) The landowner.
(d) A ghost from the past.

10. What do the men decide not to list when it comes to packing?
(a) What they think they want.
(b) Anything that will get them in trouble.
(c) Anything they can buy along the way.
(d) Anything that begins with a vowel.

11. Who worries that he may have forgotten to pack his toothbrush?
(a) The dog.
(b) J.
(c) Harris.
(d) George.

12. Where do the men decide they will wash their clothes?
(a) They bring enough clothes so they don't have to wash any.
(b) In the river.
(c) At a laundromat.
(d) At a private house.

13. What are people wearing when the young men reach Moulsey Lock?
(a) Swimsuits.
(b) Wet suits.
(c) Church attire.
(d) Their Sunday boating dresses.

14. What vice are the main characters doing when the novel opens?
(a) Gambling.
(b) Visiting a place where prostitutes hang out.
(c) Smoking.
(d) Drinking.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city is there a hedge maze?

2. What do the men check at breakfast on the day of their departure?

3. Who first volunteers to pack everything?

4. What kind of stove do the three men decide not to take on their trip?

5. Whom do the men blame for oversleeping?

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