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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. How did Blanche try to kill herself?
(a) She took poison.
(b) She slit her wrists.
(c) She took sleeping pills.
(d) She tried to hang herself.

2. What does Strickland ask Crabbe when they meet on the street?
(a) What's on at the cinema.
(b) Where he has been.
(c) Why he is looking so angry.
(d) How Dirk is.

3. Why does Crabbe think Blanche took satisfaction in destroying Dirk?
(a) He forced her to love him.
(b) He saved her.
(c) He was pathetic.
(d) He was alone.

4. What island does Crabbe travel to fifteen years later?
(a) Barbados.
(b) Tahiti.
(c) Guernsey.
(d) Jamaica.

5. What does Crabbe say the carriage driver dismisses the dead with?
(a) A throaty laugh.
(b) A big sigh.
(c) A nod of his head.
(d) A shrug of his shoulders.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Strickland say he can't go to Holland?

2. What does Crabbe say Strickland does not see as a hardship?

3. What does Strickland smoke in Crabbe's room?

4. What do the natives say they will do if Ata uses their streams?

5. What does Crabbe tell Strickland to sit on?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Strickland's portrait of Blanche affect Dirk?

2. How does Mrs. Strickland react to news about her husband?

3. How did Nichols and Strickland become friends?

4. How does Dirk try to win Blanche back?

5. How does Strickland life change for the better when he marries Ata?

6. What does Brunot remember about Strickland?

7. Why does Crabbe have a begrudging respect for Strickland?

8. What observations does Crabbe make about Strickland and his passion for painting?

9. What does Crabbe think about Strickland's paintings?

10. What does Tiare think of men beating girls?

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