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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what street did Mitchell and Zimmers have lunch?
(a) Emmons Avenue.
(b) Ponderosa Avenue.
(c) Clambake Avenue.
(d) Grant Avenue.

2. What is the name of the dragger captain Mitchell meets?
(a) Lundy.
(b) Poole.
(c) Hunter.
(d) Thompson.

3. How long has Mike been sober?
(a) 6 weeks.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 4 months.

4. In "Rats on the Waterfront," how were the rats brought in?
(a) A unknowing farmer released them.
(b) Accidentally, on foreign ships.
(c) As a terrorist attack.
(d) As a way to get rid of other species.

5. In which year did Hugh Floor believe he would die?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1985.

6. What is the name of the man who guessed Hugh Flood would die soon?
(a) Mr. Morrow.
(b) Mr. Mayen.
(c) Mr. Margit.
(d) Mr. Mooney.

7. Where do Mitchell and Zimmers have chowder?
(a) Kami's.
(b) Tami's.
(c) Mindy's.
(d) Lundy's.

8. In "I Blame it all on Mama," what did the woman do when Mitchell asked her about her drinking?
(a) She answered him politely.
(b) She laughed at him.
(c) She ignored him.
(d) She slapped him.

9. What is the name of the main person in "On the Wagon"?
(a) Jimmy.
(b) Tom.
(c) Bob.
(d) Mike.

10. What is Andrew Zimmers called?
(a) Ocean lover.
(b) Ocean worshipper.
(c) Shellfish hunter.
(d) Shelffish protector.

11. Where did Gould want 1/2 of his manuscript to go?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Brown.
(c) Yale.
(d) Smithsonian.

12. What food did Hugh Flood eat most?
(a) Chinese food.
(b) Italian food.
(c) Raw food.
(d) Seafood.

13. What industry was Louis' family in before he moved?
(a) Industrial.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Fishing.
(d) Farming.

14. How old was Louis when he moved to America?
(a) 21.
(b) 18.
(c) 15.
(d) 24.

15. Why was it illegal for people to harvest the bay in Andrew's story?
(a) The water was unsafe.
(b) It was in a strange boundary area.
(c) It was barren.
(d) It was polluted.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Hugh Flood at the time the events Mitchell writes about occurred?

2. What was Mr. Cusack obsessed with?

3. What bad thing did Peggy say she did?

4. Where did Hugh Flood spend most of his time?

5. What kind of business is Madame Visaggi's?

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