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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Dr. Adams think Boulton picked a fight with him?
(a) He is off his antidepressant medication
(b) His wife just left him
(c) Boulton owes him money and did not want to do the job
(d) He is angry about segregation

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

3. What profession does Nick's father have?
(a) Minister
(b) Lawyer
(c) Accountant
(d) Doctor

4. What shocking event occurs this night for Nick, his father and Uncle George?
(a) There is a lynching in town
(b) The country goes to war with Japan
(c) A man commits suicide by slitting his throat
(d) The local forest catches fire

5. What feeling does Nick have on this morning?
(a) That he wants to remember this morning forever
(b) That he is homesick
(c) That he will never die
(d) That he does not want to leave

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes for Nick's father for help while he and Nick are on a fishing trip?

2. Whose life does the character of Nick Adams parallel?

3. What does Boulton call Nick's father?

4. What is the setting for the Memoir of Chapter 2?

5. What does Dick Boulton call the logs?

(see the answer key)

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