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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (pages 168 - 221).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What particular aquatic creature is a favorite of Washington's from the volumes he reads in Chapter 10?
(a) The electric eel.
(b) The octopus.
(c) The nudibranch.
(d) The crab.

2. Why is Washington so close to the gas when Titch is demonstrating it?
(a) Philip has asked him to fetch the sandwiches.
(b) He thought he had to save Titch from the explosion.
(c) He did not understand Titch's directions to stay clear of the machine.
(d) He wanted to get closer to see how the gas worked.

3. What does Washington give to Titch to help keep cool in Chapter 7?
(a) Drugs.
(b) Palm leaves.
(c) Water.
(d) Sugar.

4. What kind of work does Washington briefly do in Nova Scotia?
(a) Cutting cane.
(b) Tarot card reading.
(c) Carving.
(d) Cooking.

5. Who does Washington meet in Part III, Chapter 4, who changes his life for the better?
(a) Tanna Goff.
(b) Melvin Summers.
(c) Erasmus Wilde.
(d) James Wilde.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Titch make for Washington to eat in Chapter 5?

2. What does Washington begin doing again in Part III, Chapter 4, that he had enjoyed and not done for a long time?

3. Why does Washington think for a brief while that Tanna might be married?

4. What is unusual about the ship's crew in Part II, Chapter 2?

5. What does Titch ask Washington to do in Part II, Chapter 4, that shocks him?

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