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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. What do the men need to do to set up their boat for sleeping?
2. What do the men ask of the friends they run into in Reading?
3. Who suggests the group make a stew one night for dinner?
4. Why would J. get into trouble when he tried to make rafts?
5. What happens to Harris when he appears to disappear during lunch with the other men?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does J. complain about sarcastically concerning the problem with being towed?
2. After George's watch stops working, what does the policeman do when George asks him for the time?
3. What ends up happening at the inns while George and J. are looking for somewhere to sleep in Datchet?
4. How does J. end up being the first one to take a bath in the river?
5. What does J. claim one has to do to get a tea kettle to boil?
6. Why do the men pretend to ignore the steam launch when it approaches them?
7. What kind of scene is J. reminded of when he thinks of King Henry courting Anne Boleyn on Magna Charta Island?
8. How do George and J. end up getting to Henley?
9. What does J. claim is the very best way to get a tea kettle to boil?
10. What does Harris claim happens to him while George and J. are at Henley?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Which character (Harris, George, or J.) is portrayed in the most positive light? What from the text most informs this opinion? Use specific examples to support your thesis.
Essay Topic 2
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 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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