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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 want to get to the train station?

2. What kinds of songs does Harris sometimes sing at parties?

3. What does J. note often happens to the person responsible for pulling the tow line?

4. What is the most common way for someone to pull the tow line?

5. What do the men do to celebrate coming to a compromise about their sleeping arrangements?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who is Stivvings?

6. 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?

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

8. What does J. admit he thinks when he reads advertisements for new patent medicines?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss at least 3 literary devices which Jerome uses to create the humorous tone throughout the novel. Make sure to use at least one direct example from the text for each device discussed.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast George with Harris, making sure to use specific quotations from the text in your analysis.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze at least one female character in "Three Men in a Boat." Discuss how she is portrayed, what she contributes to the novel, and why Jerome would choose to include this particular type of character in a text heavily dominated by men.

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