Choose the best answer for each question. At the end of the quiz, your score will appear here. Note: this quiz is based on the original story. Some of the questions and answers may not be applicable to our simplified story.
Where was the ship travelling from?
Yokahama
New York
San Francisco
Why did the narrator (the person telling the story) and Mr Kelada have to share a cabin?
They did not have a lot of money.
There were too many people wanting to travel.
The ship did not have any single cabins.
What was the first thing that the narrator did not like about Mr Kelada?
His name.
His bags.
His hair brushes.
What did the narrator mean when he said: "I felt pretty sure that... he (Mr Kelada) was born under a bluer sky than is generally seen in England"?
He thought that Mr Kelada might be American.
Mr Kelada looked like he was born in a sunnier country.
Mr Kelada had never seen the blue English sky.
What did the narrator mean when he said: "He (Mr Kelada) was certainly the best hated man in the ship"?
Mr Kelada won all the ship-board games and competitions, which made other passengers jealous.
Mr Kelada was so selfish and rude that all the passengers hated him.
Although Mr Kelada did many things to help on the ship, many passengers disliked him.
Why were Mr and Mrs Ramsay traveling on the ship?
Mr Ramsay was about to start a new government job in Japan.
They were returning to Japan after a quick visit to New York.
They were going back to Japan after Mrs Ramsay's long holiday.
What did the narrator mean when he said: "It shone in her (Mrs Ramsay) like a flower on a coat"?
The pearls she was wearing looked very bright and beautiful.
She dressed and acted in a way that made people notice her.
She was pleasant to be with and had a good sense of humor.
Why did Mr Ramsay start to argue with Mr Kelada about pearls?
He had read that cultured pearls would one day reduce the value of real ones.
He liked to argue and didn't think Mr Kelada would know much about pearls.
He had just bought some pearls for his wife and knew a little about them.
Why were Mr Kelada's hands shaking as he handed over the one-hundred dollars to Mr Ramsayl?
One-hundred dollars was a lot of money at the time.
He knew that everyone on the ship would laugh at him.
He was angry at himself for being wrong about the pearls.
Where did Mrs Ramsay get the pearls?
She bought them at a department store the day before they left.
Mr Ramsay bought them for her but did not want Mr Kelada to know..
They were a gift from someone else; probably a rich man.