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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Rollercoaster.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Jimmy take Harland to lunch?
(a) A Mexican resaurant.
(b) A bistro.
(c) A Chinese restaurant.
(d) A Syrian restaurant.

2. What happens that makes Captain McAvoy turn his tug abruptly?
(a) Someone has jumped off the bridge.
(b) The wind has changed direction.
(c) Another boat is approaching too fast.
(d) The tug is on fire.

3. What is the name of Stan's surprise bride from Niagara Falls?
(a) Opal.
(b) Ruby.
(c) Pearline.
(d) Amberlette.

4. Who does Mrs. Sunderland think Jimmy is when he visits Ruth Prynne?
(a) The rent collector.
(b) The police.
(c) A stalker.
(d) Her father.

5. As the building is burning a man tells Thatcher what about the fire's origin?
(a) Someone's cooking caused it.
(b) It was started by an incendiary device.
(c) A molotove coctail started the fire.
(d) A man was smoking in bed when it was started.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ellen think of milkmen?

2. What picture hangs in Joe Harland's bedroom?

3. What are the women who followed the armies in the French Revolution called (a reference to Ellen's feelings for Stan)?

4. Harland asks Jimmy if he doesn't mind being seen with a ___________ like him.

5. To whom does Stan refer when he is trying to light himself on fire?

(see the answer key)

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