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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator see on his porch from the mailbox which makes him happy in Chapter 9?
(a) His notebook.
(b) His handkerchief.
(c) His hat.
(d) His suitcase.

2. What drinks the narrator's canned milk in Chapter 8?
(a) A hummingbird.
(b) A mouse.
(c) A bluejay.
(d) A cricket.

3. What is the narrator carrying in Chapter 3?
(a) A flashlight.
(b) A rope.
(c) A lamp.
(d) A knife.

4. Which author does the narrator say wrote the inanities of the sea because he wasn't going to do it when he's dead?
(a) Wordsworth.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) Pollack.
(d) Poe.

5. What does Jack fear in the brush as he travels down the road in Chapter 3?
(a) Bats.
(b) Raccoons.
(c) Rattlesnakes.
(d) Bears.

Short Answer Questions

1. What novel does the narrator say he read in the shack with a shrug in Chapter 7?

2. What does the narrator say he spends nights thinking about the usefulness of in Chapter 7?

3. What kind of trees is the narrator surrounded by in Chapter 3?

4. What is the name of the pet mule of the local settlers in the book?

5. What does the narrator write that every woodsman needs in Chapter 9?

(see the answer key)

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