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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Titch's father refuse to do in Part II, Chapter 7 that infuriates Titch?
(a) He refuses to acknowledge Titch's contributions to his research.
(b) He refuses to leave with Titch.
(c) He refuses to tell Erasmus and Titch's mother he is still alive.
(d) He refuses to give Titch money.
2. What does Washington discover Tanna has a deep knowledge of in Part III, Chapter 4?
(a) Archaeology.
(b) Trees.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Marine biology and invertebrates.
3. Who looks after Washington after Titch is gone and takes him back to the outpost in Part III, Chapter 1?
(a) An unnamed guide.
(b) Emilie.
(c) James Wilde.
(d) Peter House.
4. Where is Willard seriously injured by Washington?
(a) His eye.
(b) His leg.
(c) His stomach.
(d) His hand.
5. What innovative idea does Washington propose to the Goffs in Part III, Chapter 9?
(a) Gene-splicing two fish together.
(b) Growing new seaweed to feed to the squid.
(c) A living exhibit of sea creatures.
(d) A new museum that is illustrated with watercolors.
6. Why does Washington think for a brief while that Tanna might be married?
(a) Tanna told him she might be married.
(b) He is asked to deliver a package of goods to a Mr. Goff, who he assumes is Tanna's husband.
(c) He sees Tanna walking with a man her age.
(d) He heard a rumor Tanna might be married.
7. Why is Titch eating strangely in Part IV, Chapter 14?
(a) He has started eating sugar again.
(b) He has become a vegetarian.
(c) He has a toothache.
(d) His new spiritual beliefs dictate it.
8. Why does Titch say Washington's arrival was well-timed?
(a) He needs help with his next project.
(b) A storm is about to come.
(c) He has had a fortune-teller foretell his coming.
(d) He is dying.
9. What was Peter Haas's first expedition as a young man?
(a) As a crew member on the Ave Maria.
(b) As a doctor on the Galapagos.
(c) As a captain on the Intrepid.
(d) As a botanist on the Deliverance.
10. What does Tanna ask Washington to do for her and her father in Part III, Chapter 7?
(a) Dive for specimens since neither she nor her father can do it.
(b) Write a book with she and her father.
(c) Travel to Morocco to find her mother.
(d) Travel to Amsterdam to pick up a rare specimen.
11. What alias does Washington briefly use in Part III, Chapter 2?
(a) John Carlingford.
(b) Joseph Crawford.
(c) Peter Lawford.
(d) James House.
12. Where does Mrs. Wilde's servant tell Washington he might find more information about Titch?
(a) The Red Cross.
(b) The Abolitionist's Society.
(c) The Anti-Slavery Society.
(d) The Royal Society.
13. What does Washington tell Titch he must tell his father in Part II, Chapter 7?
(a) That is mother is ill.
(b) That Philip is dead.
(c) That Erasmus is dead.
(d) That Washington needs medicine badly.
14. How does Tanna feel about Washington's obsession with finding Titch?
(a) She is sad about it.
(b) She tries to sabotage it.
(c) She is all for it.
(d) She does not understand it.
15. What does Tanna give to Washington in Part III, Chapter 7, that agitates him?
(a) A gun.
(b) A written note.
(c) A knife.
(d) A watercolor.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Washington feel when he goes underwater on his dive with the Goffs?
2. Who does Washington mistakenly think he sees in the crowd in Part IV, Chapter 9?
3. What is weighing heavily on Washington's mind in Part IV, Chapter 7?
4. What does Tanna beg her father for years to allow her to wear?
5. What does Washington's dinner companion in Part III, Chapter 10, say he encountered in an American town a short while earlier?
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