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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which characters are initially in favor of camping during the trip?
(a) Harris and George.
(b) J. and Harris.
(c) George and J.
(d) George, Harris, and J.

3. Who initially attempts to take charge of deciding what to bring on the trip?
(a) L.
(b) Harris.
(c) The housekeeper.
(d) George.

4. According to J., what kinds of people hire animals to pull their boats?
(a) Cruel ones.
(b) Lazy ones.
(c) Rich ones.
(d) Proper ones.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What vice are the main characters doing when the novel opens?

2. Which train station do the men go to as they are preparing to start their journey?

3. What does the story of the shop in a former house prompt J. to think about?

4. In what year was "Three Men in a Boat" published?

5. Where do Harris and J. stop when they are informed they are trespassing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How many girls does J. joke are needed to pull a tow line?

2. Who is Stivvings?

3. What are the men wearing as they prepare to start their journey?

4. What does J. note about what people remember about being seasick after they return from a trip?

5. How does the man accusing J. and Harris of trespassing respond to their challenges of his claim?

6. What happens with George and the butter as the group is packing?

7. Why do the men have such a hard time finding a train to take them to their boat?

8. Why do Harris and J. have to pick up George after they start the journey?

9. What does J. remark about the original packing list the men create for their trip?

10. What item does George bring onto the boat when J. and Harris pick him up?

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