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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 are Dick's plans to get more money to continue finishing his boat?
(a) Get a bank loan.
(b) Go on another swordfish trip.
(c) Borrow money from Joxer.
(d) Sell his house.

2. What is Elsie Buttrick's job?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Nurse.
(c) Physician.
(d) Fish and game warden.

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

4. What does Dick tell May when he returns home from Miss Perry's?
(a) Miss Perry has died.
(b) He loves her.
(c) He didn't get the loan.
(d) The loan is complete.

5. Why does Dick feel so low after securing a loan to finish his boat?
(a) May has left him.
(b) Miss Perry has died.
(c) He has given up his independence.
(d) Charlie has gone away to school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Elsie says that Dick is _____________.

2. Who is Dick's wife?

3. How does Charlie think about May in his mind?

4. Who meets Parker, Dick and Keith when they dock?

5. Who is the college boy who helps out on the crab dumping trip?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Dick's thoughts as he begins to understand the complications of the drug smuggling situation with Parker.

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

3. How does the author use irony in the scenario on the dock with the cops and the drug-sniffing dog?

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

5. Explain Dick's internal conflict and how it relates to Parker's influence.

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

7. How does Joxer's bad luck change the immediate future for more than himself?

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

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

10. What is revealed about Dick's leadership skills on the documentary trip?

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