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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Bernborough," Matthew says, "On days like these, Henry had rules" (27). What was the first rule?
(a) "There had to be beer."
(b) "There had to be fighitng."
(c) "There had to be cigarettes."
(d) "There had to be air-conditioning."

2. What did Penelope ask Michael to read from to her after she broke her nose?
(a) Finnegan's Wake.
(b) The Iliad.
(c) The Quarryman.
(d) The Odyssey.

3. What is the name of the goldfish described in "The Greeks Got Him"?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Hector.
(c) Octavius.
(d) Agamemnon.

4. Which of the books that Clay borrowed during his stay at his father's did he say he liked the best on his first visit home?
(a) The Odyssey.
(b) The Quarryman.
(c) The Battle of East Fifteenth Street.
(d) The Iliad.

5. Who had beaten Henry up in "The Grand Entrance"?
(a) Clay and Matthew.
(b) Tommy and Peter.
(c) Schwartz and Starkey.
(d) Matthew and Corey.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month did Penelope die?

2. Who was the principal at Rory's school when he was first suspended in "Survival of the Dunbar Boys"?

3. Who was featured in January on the calendar titled "Men Who Changed the World"?

4. What animals did Matthew dig up before finding the typewriter in "Before the Beginning"?

5. In what month did Penelope arrive in Australia?

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