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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What historic document was signed at Manga Charta Island?

2. What kind of stew does the group think they are making?

3. What is "Picnic Point"?

4. What time did George's watch stop in the story J. tells?

5. Who ends up taking the first rowing shift after Reading?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kinds of complaints does J. have about steam-powered boats?

2. Why does J.'s ode to night at the end of Chapter 10 seem so out of character?

3. What does J. complain about sarcastically concerning the problem with being towed?

4. After George's watch stops working, what does the policeman do when George asks him for the time?

5. What change does J. notice about the group after they eat a large supper near Picnic Point?

6. What does J. think about rowing on the sea?

7. What formula does J.'s friend have when it comes to exaggerating his fishing successes?

8. How do George and J. end up getting to Henley?

9. Why does J. have to pay a lot of money after he and some friends rent a sailboat on a windy day?

10. Why do the men pretend to ignore the steam launch when it approaches them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze why Jerome would include the suicide of the woman in Chapter 16. How does this suicide add to the text? What effect on the reader did Jerome intend by including such a dreadful event in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how alcohol/drinking/being drunk is portrayed in "Three Men in a Boat" as well as why Jerome would include the instances he does of characters drinking/having too much to drink in the text.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze at least three literary devices Jerome uses to develop a character of your choosing in "Three Men in a Boat."

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