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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Washington find out in Part IV, Chapter 5, about Big Kit?
(a) She was his cousin.
(b) She was his aunt.
(c) She was his mother.
(d) She was his sister.

2. What does Tanna do for Washington in Part III, Chapter 12?
(a) Gives him a train ticket.
(b) Gives him all her books.
(c) Gives him money.
(d) Stitches up his wounds.

3. Who does Titch tell Washington has recently died in Part IV, Chapter 17?
(a) Emilie.
(b) Medwin.
(c) John Francis Willard.
(d) Edgar Farrow.

4. What does Tanna beg her father for years to allow her to wear?
(a) Scarves.
(b) High heels.
(c) Jewels, makeup, and fashionable clothes.
(d) Hair clips.

5. What does Titch tell Washington he thought when he retrieved Philip's body from the field on Faith Plantation?
(a) That guns should be harder to get.
(b) That there is more to the world than only its physical properties.
(c) That life is short.
(d) That he should have been nicer to Philip.

6. What rare specimen is Washington traveling to Amsterdam to collect in Part IV, Chapter 7?
(a) A spotted dolphin.
(b) A two-headed cetacean.
(c) A hermit crab.
(d) A white lobster.

7. What is the title of Part III of the novel?
(a) Whaling Season.
(b) Nova Scotia.
(c) This is the Time.
(d) The Arctic.

8. Where does Tanna want Washington to come with her and her father?
(a) Cape Town.
(b) Suffolk.
(c) Norfolk.
(d) London.

9. Who does Washington dream about in Part II, Chapter 7?
(a) Big Kit.
(b) Tanna.
(c) Emilie.
(d) Erasmus.

10. Who looks after Washington after Titch is gone and takes him back to the outpost in Part III, Chapter 1?
(a) Emilie.
(b) An unnamed guide.
(c) James Wilde.
(d) Peter House.

11. What is one of the specimens Washington brings back from the dive?
(a) An octopus.
(b) An electric eel.
(c) A tiny snail.
(d) A nematode.

12. What happens to the octopus in Part IV, Chapter 4?
(a) It gets sick.
(b) It dies.
(c) It starts talking.
(d) It has babies.

13. What is Tanna's favorite marine creature?
(a) An electric eel.
(b) A common snail.
(c) An octopus.
(d) A nudibranch.

14. Who takes care of Washington in Part IV, Chapter 2, when he is ill?
(a) Tanna.
(b) Mr. Goff.
(c) Peter House.
(d) Titch.

15. Where does Mr. Goff say he must go the following weekend at the end of Part III, Chapter 9?
(a) To Suffolk.
(b) To Faith Plantation.
(c) To a hamlet about 30 miles away.
(d) To Norfolk.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Titch say Washington's arrival was well-timed?

3. Where does Willard tell Washington that he last saw Titch?

4. What is Washington's favorite marine creature?

5. In Part IV, Chapter 2, who does Washington dream about when he catches a fever?

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