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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. Whom does Harris usually mention during his performance?
(a) The harpist.
(b) His drummer.
(c) The piano player.
(d) His mother.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of song does the audience think the German man is singing in J.'s story about the joke being played on everyone at a dinner party?

2. Where does Harris first mention wanting to get out and look at tombstone inscriptions?

3. Why do the men oversleep right as they begin their journey?

4. According to J., what are girls constantly asking while they tow the boat?

5. What does Harris offer the man who accuses him of trespassing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why do the men decide not to pack the oil stove?

5. Who is Stivvings?

6. Why does J. make fun of Harris's desire to look at old tombstone inscriptions?

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

8. After George sees a couple walking along the shore with a tow line that is not attached to anything, what does he decide to do?

9. What compromise do the men come to about sleeping at inns or camping?

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

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