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

2. Whose relative is Uncle Podger?
(a) Harris's.
(b) The narrator's.
(c) J.'s.
(d) George's.

3. Who remembers that he has forgotten to pack boots?
(a) J.
(b) George.
(c) Everyone.
(d) Harris.

4. When does J. claim people finally get used to being on a ship?
(a) It depends on if they are a man or a woman.
(b) After 24 hours.
(c) Never.
(d) Right before the trip is over.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which characters are initially in favor of camping during the trip?

2. Who first volunteers to pack everything?

3. Who worries that he may have forgotten to pack his toothbrush?

4. What towns are Harris and J. rowing by as J. tries to keep Harris from stopping to read tomb inscriptions?

5. What word does J. use to describe what it's like to get one's boat towed by girls?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Harris say he would like to do to any man who puts up a "no trespassing" sign?

2. What does J. joke is the prime symptom of his current malady in Chapter 1?

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

4. What about the houses in Kingston makes them unique?

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

6. What does J. report happened to two men he saw on shore once, holding a tow line and looking blankly at each other?

7. What does J. remark about the weather forecast as the group prepares to leave on their journey?

8. Where do J. and Harris ultimately end up getting George?

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

10. What does J. say he actually intended when he volunteered to pack?

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