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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ad get mad at Nick?
(a) He does not have any whiskey
(b) He does not give him the knife
(c) He insults his mother
(d) He does not have any cigarettes

2. What is a quai?
(a) A flock of quails
(b) A legal term
(c) A loud noise
(d) A dock

3. What do the Greek soldiers do to their mules after they break the front legs of the animals?
(a) Bludgeon them to death
(b) Force them to carry heavy loads
(c) Push them off the dock into shallow water
(d) Shoot them in the head

4. What is the nature of the problem with which Nick's father can assist?
(a) A man has been indicted on criminal charges
(b) A man needs a will drawn up
(c) A woman is having trouble delivering a baby
(d) A man has hacked off his forearm

5. What is unusual about Ad's face?
(a) He has no eyebrows
(b) His eyes are slits, nose is sunken and an ear is missing
(c) One eye is brown, the other is blue
(d) He is scarred on the entire left side

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a woman doing on a cart?

2. What do the sailors on the Simpson do to the evacuees every night?

3. What does Nick's father hire some local Indians to do?

4. What war does the narrator mention in the memoir for Chapter 1?

5. Why are Nick and Marjorie together on this night?

(see the answer key)

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