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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 botanist on the Deliverance.
(d) As a captain on the Intrepid.

2. What does Washington's dinner companion in Part III, Chapter 10, say he encountered in an American town a short while earlier?
(a) An entire town of slaughtered runaway slaves.
(b) An entire town full of life-sized dolls that were replicas of the people who once lived there.
(c) An entire town with more delicious food than 100 men could eat in one hundred days.
(d) An entire town full of only graves.

3. How old is Tanna?
(a) 18.
(b) 30.
(c) 25.
(d) 20.

4. How does Washington eventually struggle free of Willard's assault in Part III, Chapter 11?
(a) He stabs Willard.
(b) He strangles Willard.
(c) He bludgeons Willard with a piece of wood.
(d) He shoots Willard.

5. What is Tanna's favorite marine creature?
(a) A nudibranch.
(b) An electric eel.
(c) A common snail.
(d) An octopus.

6. What does Washington discover Tanna has a deep knowledge of in Part III, Chapter 4?
(a) Marine biology and invertebrates.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Trees.
(d) Archaeology.

7. How does Tanna feel about Washington's obsession with finding Titch?
(a) She tries to sabotage it.
(b) She does not understand it.
(c) She is all for it.
(d) She is sad about it.

8. What does Tanna ask Washington to teach her how to do?
(a) Carve.
(b) Draw.
(c) Gamble.
(d) Cook.

9. What does Tanna make for dinner in Part III, Chapter 9?
(a) Squid.
(b) Fried tuna.
(c) Scallops.
(d) Fried mackerel.

10. Why is Washington overcome with anxiety in Part III, Chapter 5?
(a) He thinks he sees Titch.
(b) Medwin tells him Erasmus has come looking for him.
(c) Medwin tells him a white man has been around asking about him.
(d) He thinks he sees Edgar Farrow.

11. What does Washington begin doing again in Part III, Chapter 4, that he had enjoyed and not done for a long time?
(a) Gambling.
(b) Eating.
(c) Drawing and painting.
(d) Drinking alcohol.

12. Why does Titch say Washington's arrival was well-timed?
(a) He is dying.
(b) A storm is about to come.
(c) He has had a fortune-teller foretell his coming.
(d) He needs help with his next project.

13. What is Washington's favorite marine creature?
(a) A hermit crab.
(b) A common snail.
(c) A nudibranch.
(d) An electric eel.

14. What does Washington finally begin to understand about himself in Part IV, Chapter 3?
(a) He needs to see Big Kit again.
(b) He needs to go back to Faith Plantation where it all began.
(c) He needs to see Titch again.
(d) He needs to make sure Willard is really dead.

15. What does Washington find out in Part IV, Chapter 5, about Big Kit?
(a) She was his sister.
(b) She was his aunt.
(c) She was his mother.
(d) She was his cousin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Tanna and Washington meet Goff in Part IV, Chapter 8?

2. Why is Titch eating strangely in Part IV, Chapter 14?

3. Who sits next to Washington unexpectedly as he eats his dinner in Part III, Chapter 10?

4. What does Peter Haas give Washington in Amsterdam?

5. What does Mr. James Wilde tell Washington he was born with at his neck?

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