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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (pages 222 - 277).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What alarms Washington about the sexton's activities in Part II, Chapter 4?
(a) They are grotesque in that they involve corpses.
(b) They are disturbing sexually.
(c) They involve drugs.
(d) They involve illegal things the police would prosecute people for.

2. Why does Washington at first mistake Tanna for a man?
(a) She has a very deep voice.
(b) She has a muscular frame.
(c) She is wearing trousers and he sees her at a distance.
(d) She has taken much care to disguise herself as a man.

3. What does Tanna ask Washington to do for her and her father in Part III, Chapter 7?
(a) Dive for specimens since neither she nor her father can do it.
(b) Write a book with she and her father.
(c) Travel to Morocco to find her mother.
(d) Travel to Amsterdam to pick up a rare specimen.

4. What does Titch do in the end of Part II, Chapter 7?
(a) Leaves the camp in a blizzard, into what appears to be certain death.
(b) Shoots at Washington.
(c) Throws all his instruments into the sea.
(d) Kills himself.

5. What does Big Kit make sure to do when she and Washington arrive at the big house in Chapter 4?
(a) Pray.
(b) Wipe their feet so they do not get the floor dirty.
(c) Feed the dogs first.
(d) Wash their clothes quickly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the price on Washington's head?

2. What kind of doctor was the ship captain's brother originally?

3. What does James Wilde say children know of beauty in Part II, Chapter 5?

4. Who is the captain of the second ship Titch and Washington take in Part II, Chapter 5?

5. Where does Washington travel to in Part III, Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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