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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What impresses the narrator upon arriving?
(a) The young men's gentlemanly manners.
(b) The many carriages.
(c) The size of the family.
(d) The size of the house.

2. How does the narrator imagine Elijah bringing home the furnishings?
(a) On a ship.
(b) With his wife.
(c) In a carriage.
(d) In his boat.

3. What does Elijah do during their conversation that surprises the narrator?
(a) He invites her to his home.
(b) He talks to her about fishing.
(c) He tells her about his wife.
(d) He asks her to join him on a walk.

4. Why does Mrs. Todd compare Sant Bowden to the sprig?
(a) Sant doesn't receive enough love and attention from others.
(b) Sant has potential but is unable to thrive out of his element.
(c) Sant's environment is too harsh for him to thrive.
(d) The sprig could do better if it had more ambition.

5. What happens at the last minute before Joanna's wedding?
(a) Joanna dies.
(b) Her fiancé dies.
(c) Her fiancé marries someone else.
(d) Her fiancé refuses to marry her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the narrator glad someone interrupts her at the beginning of Chapter 20?

2. Why doesn't Sant make the most of his potential?

3. What does the narrator remark that the seamen's minds seem to be fixed on?

4. What does Mrs. Blackett need in order to be ready for departure?

5. What positive characteristics do Mrs. Todd and Mrs. Caplin ascribe to Sant?

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