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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Peter Haas's first expedition as a young man?
(a) As a crew member on the Ave Maria.
(b) As a botanist on the Deliverance.
(c) As a captain on the Intrepid.
(d) As a doctor on the Galapagos.

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

4. What does Tanna make for dinner in Part III, Chapter 9?
(a) Fried tuna.
(b) Squid.
(c) Fried mackerel.
(d) Scallops.

5. What is the title of Part IV of the novel?
(a) Cape Town.
(b) New York.
(c) England.
(d) Australia.

6. What is weighing heavily on Washington's mind in Part IV, Chapter 7?
(a) Big Kit's death.
(b) James Wilde's death.
(c) Emilie's death.
(d) Erasmus's death.

7. Where does Willard tell Washington that he last saw Titch?
(a) Australia.
(b) Cape Town.
(c) Liverpool.
(d) Norfolk.

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

9. What does Washington's dinner companion in Part III, Chapter 10, say he encountered in an American town a short while earlier?
(a) An entire town of slaughtered runaway slaves.
(b) An entire town with more delicious food than 100 men could eat in one hundred days.
(c) An entire town full of only graves.
(d) An entire town full of life-sized dolls that were replicas of the people who once lived there.

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

11. What does Mr. Goff ask Washington to do with him in Part III, Chapter 9?
(a) Send Tanna to school.
(b) Go to the Royal Society with him.
(c) Move to England.
(d) Illustrate his new book.

12. What does Mr. James Wilde tell Washington he was born with at his neck?
(a) A strange aura.
(b) A ring of luck.
(c) Shackles.
(d) A diamond necklace.

13. What does Titch tell Washington about how he and Erasmus treated Philip when they were young?
(a) They treated Philip with great care because they knew he was sensitive.
(b) They treated Philip like royalty.
(c) They bullied and abused Philip.
(d) They treated Philip just like a brother.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Willard tell Washington is alive?

2. What does Titch's father refuse to do in Part II, Chapter 7 that infuriates Titch?

3. What is Tanna's father's name?

4. Who does Washington dream about in Part II, Chapter 7?

5. Who is the man who gives Washington and Tanna more information about Titch in Part IV, Chapter 6?

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