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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 do women usually wear when going to a lock?
(a) Swimsuits.
(b) Pretty (but often impractical) dresses.
(c) Pedal pushers.
(d) Large, voluminous gowns.

2. How do the men ultimately get the train they need?
(a) By asking for help.
(b) By bribing a conductor.
(c) By following a pretty girl.
(d) Be random luck.

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. What happens to J. when he gets on the train after telling his story while the men decide which food to bring?
(a) He makes money selling food to hungry passengers.
(b) Everyone wants some of his food.
(c) His food is stolen.
(d) All the other passengers leave him alone.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Harris usually mention during his performance?

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

3. What time do the men wake up on the day they start their journey?

4. Harris and J. agree they will try one day to get _________into the maze.

5. What is unique about Moulsey Lock?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In the story J. tells while the men are packing, why do all of the other passengers on the train leave when J. enters with large cheeses?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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