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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the men ultimately get the train they need?

2. Who accidentally sits on the butter as the men are packing?

3. Why do the people in the boat often want the attention of the person pulling the tow line?

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

5. Whom does Harris usually mention during his performance?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What happened to Harris the first time he went into the hedge maze?

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

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

6. What does George do for a living?

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

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

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

10. What does the group of boys tease the men about as they are outside waiting for a cab to take them to the train station?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze why Jerome would include the suicide of the woman in Chapter 16. How does this suicide add to the text? What effect on the reader did Jerome intend by including such a dreadful event in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the portrayal of women with the portrayal of men in "Three Men in a Boat."

Essay Topic 3

Discuss at least three literary devices Jerome uses to make the scenery in "Three Men in a Boat" become more vivid and realistic for the reader. Make sure to use specific quotations and/or examples from the text for each device discussed.

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