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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 kind of song is the German man in J.'s story singing when the audience has a joke played on them?
(a) A very sad song.
(b) A very religious song.
(c) A very funny song.
(d) A very mysterious song.

2. What kind of stove do the three men decide not to take on their trip?
(a) An oil stove.
(b) A coal stove.
(c) A steam stove.
(d) A gas stove.

3. What is Harris's full name?
(a) Chistopherson Brice Harris.
(b) Samuel William Harris.
(c) William Samuel Harris.
(d) Brice Christopherson Harris.

4. Who starts teasing the men as they get their luggage ready to go?
(a) A group of young boys.
(b) Their mothers.
(c) Some girls who walk by.
(d) No one.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is unique about Moulsey Lock?

3. What does the group do with the initial list of items to bring?

4. How do the men want to get to the train station?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Stivvings?

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

4. What does George do for a living?

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

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

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

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

10. What does J. believe boaters can do to prevent tangles in the tow line?

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