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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word used in Chapter 3 means concerned with relatively minor, irrelevant, or superficial aspects of something?
(a) Convenient.
(b) Collapsed.
(c) Arbitrary.
(d) Peripheral.

2. George awakens for the last time how many hours before he dies in Chapter 4?
(a) 24 hours before his death.
(b) 48 hours before his death.
(c) 72 hours before his death.
(d) 16 hours before his death.

3. How many men are waiting outside when Howard's father is taken away in Chapter 3?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

4. Who does Howard believe the Indian to be that he sees in the pond in Chapter 3?
(a) Dan Cooper.
(b) Old Red.
(c) Old Sabbatis.
(d) Tom Budden.

5. When Howard's mother helps his father dress before he is taken away in Chapter 3, Howard describes it as appearing as though she is dressing what?
(a) A puppy.
(b) An otter.
(c) A child.
(d) A scarecrow.

6. Around what year does Howard say the local Indian died or disappeared during his childhood in Chapter 3?
(a) 1926.
(b) 1896.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1856.

7. What part of a clock is described in Chapter 4 as "where the energy generated by the mainspring finally escapes the clock"?
(a) The going train.
(b) The gathering mallet.
(c) The pinion.
(d) The escapement.

8. Whose neighboring corn field does Howard pass through as he looks for his father in the woods in Chapter 3?
(a) The Gaspars' corn field.
(b) The Andrews' corn field.
(c) The Petersons' corn field.
(d) The Williams' corn field.

9. What is the name of the middle-aged teller that George gives his payment to after repairing the clock for Mr. Billings in Chapter 4?
(a) Diane.
(b) Wilma.
(c) Eddie.
(d) Irma.

10. What newspaper did George once read regularly at the kitchen table at lunchtime, according to the narrator in Chapter 4?
(a) The Chicago Tribune.
(b) The Montreal Herald.
(c) The Wall Street Journal.
(d) The New York Times.

11. What word used by Howard in Chapter 3 means anxious or concerned?
(a) Solicitous.
(b) Casual.
(c) Regal.
(d) Uncommitted.

12. Of his parents, Howard says in Chapter 3, "That he and my mother should wrestle him into his clothes in the dark seemed" what?
(a) Amusing and playful.
(b) Illogical and strange.
(c) Furtive and awful.
(d) Inhumane.

13. What word used in Chapter 3 means characterized by low buffoonery?
(a) Scurrilous.
(b) Epidemic.
(c) Intrinsic.
(d) Articulate.

14. What does Howard witness a fish do as he sits in the pond watching the Indian in Chapter 3?
(a) A fish leaps onto land and walks away.
(b) A fish transforms into an ostrich.
(c) A fish jumps down the Indian's throat.
(d) A fish leaps from the water and flies away.

15. What word used in Chapter 4 refers to incised carving, or ornamentation with a figure or design sunk below the surface?
(a) Particulate.
(b) Relief.
(c) Intaglio.
(d) Proscenium.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator describe opening in 1953 in Chapter 4?

2. What is the first step in the excerpt called "How to Make a Bird's Nest" in Chapter 4?

3. What word used by Howard in Chapter 3 refers to a disgrace or humiliation?

4. What word from Chapter 4 refers to an instrument that is pointed and pen-shaped used in artwork?

5. What historical figure is Howard studying in history when his father goes to the meeting regarding his mental deterioration in Chapter 3?

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