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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Titch say happened to him after he wandered off in the Artic?
(a) He says he can not explain it but he was saved by angels.
(b) He says he was taken in by Eskimos.
(c) He does not answer Washington's questions about that.
(d) He says he was taken in by polar bears.

2. What alias does Washington briefly use in Part III, Chapter 2?
(a) Joseph Crawford.
(b) James House.
(c) John Carlingford.
(d) Peter Lawford.

3. What do Tanna and Washington do in Part III, Chapter 12?
(a) Eat a fancy dinner.
(b) Sleep together.
(c) Start writing a book together.
(d) Go swimming in the ocean at night.

4. What was missing from Washington's first experiment that he remedies in his second experiment in Part III, Chapter 10?
(a) Light.
(b) Water.
(c) Heat.
(d) Cold.

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

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

7. Why is Washington overcome with anxiety in Part III, Chapter 5?
(a) Medwin tells him a white man has been around asking about him.
(b) Medwin tells him Erasmus has come looking for him.
(c) He thinks he sees Edgar Farrow.
(d) He thinks he sees Titch.

8. Where does Washington go immediately after his fight with Willard?
(a) To the Goff's house.
(b) To see Emilie.
(c) To Liverpool, to see Titch.
(d) To see Medwin.

9. What disturbing event does Washington witness in Part IV, Chapter 9?
(a) Titch's wandering confused in the streets.
(b) The beating of a small woman.
(c) The caging of a runaway slave.
(d) Willard's public execution.

10. Where do Tanna and Washington meet Goff in Part IV, Chapter 8?
(a) The Saints.
(b) Blackheath.
(c) Regent's Park.
(d) London Tower.

11. What does Titch show Washington as his new project?
(a) A car.
(b) A new cloud-cutter.
(c) A plane.
(d) A boat.

12. What does Peter Haas give Washington in Amsterdam?
(a) His knife.
(b) His telescope.
(c) His rifle.
(d) His quadrant.

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

14. What does Mr. Goff ask Washington to do with him and Tanna the day after they meet for the first time?
(a) Write to the Royal Society for him.
(b) Illustrate his next book.
(c) Come to England with them.
(d) Come out on the boat on a research expedition with them.

15. What does Tanna give to Washington in Part III, Chapter 7, that agitates him?
(a) A knife.
(b) A gun.
(c) A watercolor.
(d) A written note.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Washington eventually struggle free of Willard's assault in Part III, Chapter 11?

2. Who looks after Washington after Titch is gone and takes him back to the outpost in Part III, Chapter 1?

3. What pursuit does Titch tell Washington he has been exploring lately in Part IV, Chapter 15?

4. What does Mr. James Wilde tell Washington he was born with at his neck?

5. What kind of dish is Washington eating when a stranger startles him by sitting next to him at a restaurant in Part III, Chapter 10?

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