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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Part 1 (pages 157-176).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name has Joe given to the bearskin rug in the Crosby home?
(a) Billy.
(b) Wilson.
(c) Ursula.
(d) Patches.

2. Of his father and of the old Indian that repaired the canoe, Howard says in Chapter 3, "My memories of them are" what?
(a) Atmospheres.
(b) Regrettable.
(c) Dissipated.
(d) Dreamlike.

3. Where is the bank branch located that Edward Billings manages?
(a) Enon.
(b) Boston.
(c) Winston.
(d) Salem.

4. Who are the neighbors that Howard goes to in order to borrow a horse to look for George after he's run away in Chapter 2?
(a) The Levansellers.
(b) The Montgomery's.
(c) The Newcastles.
(d) The Wilsons.

5. What word used in Chapter 3 refers to a didactic story which illustrates instructive lessons or principles?
(a) Parable.
(b) Enumeration.
(c) Fable.
(d) Psalm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word is used in Chapter 1 to refer to angels?

2. Who is the doctor that Kathleen plans to take George to after his hand has been bitten in Chapter 2?

3. Who does the narrator describe as having gone mad and lit his house on fire, killing himself and a woman with two children, in Chapter 2?

4. What month is it every year when Howard meets with the hermit in Chapter 1?

5. Where did the local Indian work for many summers cutting wood, according to the narrator in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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