The Waves Quizzes

Think you’ve got your head wrapped around The Waves? Put your knowledge to the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. How does Percival die?


He is thrown from his horse
He falls ill on the ship over to India
A bullock-cart falls on him
Pie-eating contest
Q. What does Susan's father do for a living?


Horse thief
He's a gentleman who doesn't have to work
Retired sea captain
Clergyman
Q. Among the following, who was not mentioned as being a "boasting boy"?


Larpent
Nigel
Archie
Dalton
Q. What does Rhoda do to honor Percival after his death?


Drowns her sorrows in Cherry Garcia
Travels to Spain
Writes a song
Throws a bunch of violets in the river
Q. Who repeatedly imagines time as a substance that gathers in droplet form and then, well, drops?


Louis
Bernard
Susan
Rhoda