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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 does the author say Strickland's clothes hang off him like?
(a) An adult's suit on a child.
(b) Tissue on a skeleton.
(c) Rags on a scarecrow.
(d) Rags on a dog.

2. Where did the author travel to during the war?
(a) Tahiti.
(b) Indonesia.
(c) Peru.
(d) Iraq.

3. What is the name of the crime novelist Strickland enjoys reading?
(a) Highsmith.
(b) Gaboriau.
(c) Conan Doyle.
(d) Simone.

4. Who has a dinner party in Chapter 6?
(a) George Crabbe.
(b) Rose Waterford.
(c) Mrs. Strickland.
(d) John Claridge.

5. What does the author say nature has made Dirk into?
(a) A genius.
(b) A stunner.
(c) A buffoon.
(d) A playboy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mr. Strickland's job in London?

2. What does Stroeve say is the matter?

3. What does Mrs. Strickland have the gift of?

4. What does Strickland threaten to do if Crabbe does not lend him money?

5. What can Crabbe see Strickland doing as Stroeve left his apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dirk persuade Blanche to let Strickland stay?

2. How does Dirk say he made a fool of himself in this section?

3. Who is Dirk Stroeve?

4. How does Mrs. Strickland express her disgust for her husband by the way she brings up her daughter?

5. What does Strickland say he has been doing for the previous five years?

6. Describe Strickland's job as a tour guide?

7. How does Mrs. Strickalnd respond to the news that her husband wants to take up painting?

8. What does the author about George Crabbe's poetry?

9. Why does Strickland say he is looking forward to painting the plumber?

10. Why does Strickland say he has come to Paris?

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