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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ata do to Strickland's painting after he is buried?
(a) Makes it into a tourist attraction.
(b) Burns it down.
(c) Sells it.
(d) Takes photographs.

2. What does Crabbe try to find on Tahiti?
(a) Strickland's biography.
(b) Strickland's family connections.
(c) Strickland's paintings.
(d) Strickland's wife.

3. What does Crabbe suggest Dirk do?
(a) Call the police.
(b) Find another wife.
(c) Talk to Strickland.
(d) Go back to Holland.

4. Where does Crabbe think Nichols heard the story he tells about Strickland?
(a) A native.
(b) A newspaper article.
(c) A novel.
(d) A magazine article.

5. Why does Crabbe feel guilty about Dirk?
(a) He feels at fault.
(b) He is giving money to Blanche.
(c) He is using Dirk's character for a story.
(d) He can't stop laughing at him.

6. What does Crabbe call the parts of Strickland's life which is known to the public?
(a) Mud and gray.
(b) Sunshine and happiness.
(c) Exciting and inspiring.
(d) Dull and uninspiring.

7. Who does Tiare Johnson love making dinners for?
(a) Strays.
(b) White men.
(c) Tourists.
(d) Children.

8. What was the name of the old sailor Strickland and Nichols stayed with?
(a) Tough Bill.
(b) Big Bill.
(c) Macho Mike.
(d) Tall John.

9. What did Stroeve's father want him to become?
(a) An artist,
(b) A mechanic.
(c) A carpenter.
(d) A writer.

10. Why can't Stroeve destroy the painting?
(a) The canvas is too strong.
(b) It is ugly.
(c) It is a work of art.
(d) It is Blanche.

11. Who suggests that Crabbe visits Captain Brunot?
(a) Tiare.
(b) Eden.
(c) Ata.
(d) Strickland.

12. What does Crabbe think has no importance to Strickland?
(a) Books.
(b) Children.
(c) Women.
(d) Other artists.

13. What did Brunot used to play with Strickland?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Chess.
(c) Cards.
(d) Golf.

14. What does Crabbe think of Strickland's paintings?
(a) Earthy and soulful.
(b) Awkward and clumsy.
(c) Sensationalist and exaggerated.
(d) Beautiful and sensual.

15. What does Crabbe do while Stroeve lies exhausted on his sofa?
(a) Smokes a cigarette.
(b) Smokes a pipe.
(c) Reads a book.
(d) Eats a banana.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stroeve start doing twice a day?

2. What kind of coffee does Crabbe's concierge bring him at the beginning of Chapter 34?

3. What does Crabbe say Dirk does for the first time in a week?

4. Where is Strickland when Old Bill turns up looking for a fight?

5. What did Strickland mostly paint while in Tahiti?

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