Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) The skipper engaged four Torres Straits islanders as crew (the boat was but nineteen tons) and we robbed the local store for canned goods
B) A day or two before I sailed a man who owned a number of pearlers came to me and asked whether on my way I would stop at the island of Trebucket and leave a sack of flour, another of rice, and some erotic magazines for the hermit who lived there
(*ответ*) А- false, В- false
А-true, В-false
А- false, В- true
А- true, В- true
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) There was a double bed in German Harry’s room, a table, and his various household utensils, including an electric can opener, a microwave oven and even the Internet
B) Under a tree in front of it was a table and a bench. Behind was an enclosed run for his chickens and a pool for crocodiles
(*ответ*) А- false, В- false
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А- false, В- true
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Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Though now and then opportunity had been given him to leave German Harry had never taken it
B) A tipical man and a usual story
(*ответ*) А-true, В-false
А- false, В- false
А- false, В- true
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Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) And then I foresaw the end
B) One day a pearl fisher would land on the island and German Harry would not be waiting for him, silent and suspicious, at the water’s edge
(*ответ*) А- true, В- true
А-true, В-false
А- false, В- false
А- false, В- true
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) As I looked at the wrinkled, mean old face of German Harry I wondered what was the story of those three hundred dreadful years that had made him welcome this long imprisonment
B) I sought to see behind those pale blue eyes of his what secrets they were that he would carry to his grave
(*ответ*) А- false, В- true
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Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) But I do not believe he would find pearls: German Harry would have seen to it that none should discover the treasure. He would donate it to a local church
B) Then the pearl fisher would go back into his dinghy and the island once more would be full of people
(*ответ*) А- false, В- false
А-true, В-false
А- false, В- true
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Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Cronshaw was determined to take the matter into court
B) He said Tom was a scoundrel and should be punished. It cost George an infinite deal of trouble and having to sleep with some powerful people to settle the affair
(*ответ*) А-true, В-false
А- false, В- false
А- false, В- true
А- true, В- true
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) During the last four months of the year there may be two or three local gorillas about and not infrequently after the day’s work they will row in and spend an evening with German Harry
B) They try to make him drunk and then they ask him what happened during those three years after the two boat-loads came to the island
(*ответ*) А- false, В- true
А-true, В-false
А- false, В- false
А- true, В- true
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) For twenty years Tom raced and gambled, philandered with the prettiest girls, danced, ate in the most expensive restaurants, and played paintball
B) He always looked as if he had just stepped out of a bandbox
(*ответ*) А- false, В- true
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Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) George had a good wife, to whom he had never been unfaithful even in thought, and four daughters to whom he was the best of fathers
B) He made a point of saving a third of his income and his plan was to retire at fifty-five to a little house in the country where he proposed to cultivate marihuana
(*ответ*) А-true, В-false
А- false, В- false
А- false, В- true
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Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) George was a circus clown and a comedian
B) George was poor, his reputation was compromised
(*ответ*) А- false, В- false
А-true, В-false
А- false, В- true
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Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) George was in his office every morning at nine-thirty and never left it till six
B) He was honest, industrious and worthy
(*ответ*) А- true, В- true
А-true, В-false
А- false, В- false
А- false, В- true
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) George’s life was full of blame
B) He was glad that he was growing old because Tom was growing younger
(*ответ*) А- false, В- false
А-true, В-false
А- false, В- true
А- true, В- true
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) German Harry agreed to go with the skipper
B) He said that during those three years he had seen such terrible things that he had a horror of his fellow-men and wished never to live with them again
(*ответ*) А- false, В- true
А-true, В-false
А- false, В- false
А- true, В- true
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) German Harry didn’t care what I was doing in these seas
B) He used words with difficulty, talking russian to us, and it was a little uncanny to hear him mumble away as though we were not there
(*ответ*) А- false, В- false
А-true, В-false
А- false, В- true
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Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) German Harry has a whale boat and used to go fishing in it, but now he is no longer strong enough to manage its unwieldy bulk so he just sails paper boats on waterpools
B) There is abundant pearl shell on the reef that surrounds his island and this he used to collect and sell to the pearlers for tobacco, and sometimes he found a good pearl for which he got a considerable sum
(*ответ*) А- false, В- true
А-true, В-false
А- false, В- false
А- true, В- true