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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Schuyler doing when Parker sees him the next morning?
(a) Loading a U-Haul trailer.
(b) Reading the newspaper.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Having breakfast.

2. Where does Dick hide his skiff when it is spotted?
(a) Joxer's dock.
(b) In the spartina.
(c) The dock at the Neptune.
(d) At a roadside rest.

3. What bothers Dick about Elsie?
(a) She smokes too often.
(b) She has gotten attached to him.
(c) She laughs too loud.
(d) She sleeps too late.

4. Which of the following does Parker NOT consider when escaping back to the Mamzelle?
(a) If an informant tricked them.
(b) If all the Coat Guard was after them.
(c) If Keith is OK on the Mamzelle.
(d) If they just hit an unlucky night.

5. Why does Dick let Charlie pick up the money when they get back to shore?
(a) He hurt his leg and stays in the truck.
(b) He needs to make a phone call.
(c) He wants him to see how little is left for the crew.
(d) He doesn't want to talk to anybody today.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Dick and Eddie Wormsley go to buy materials?

2. What does Parker want to buy from Dick?

3. Why is Dick upset with his sons after they return from fishing on his birthday?

4. What is Elsie Buttrick's job?

5. What does Dick have to reprimand Charlie about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Dick's internal conflict about working for others to get the funds necessary to finish his boat?

2. How does Dick think May will respond if she ever finds out about his affair with Elsie?

3. How can Elsie be noted as the heroine of Chapter 10 and who would be the antithesis of that?

4. How does Dick misread the message that Elsie sends when she tells him to leave her with the secret of their affair?

5. How does Dick feel about the fantasies that Elsie finds erotic?

6. What is Dick's employment pattern and how does he plan to make money to finish his boat?

7. What is the premise of SPARTINA?

8. Describe Dick's experience when he goes to Miss Perry's house to thank her for the loan.

9. What is Dick's internal struggle regarding needing people and not wanting to appear that he does?

10. Describe the parallel that emerges between Dick and his deceased father.

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