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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 34.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name does Carlos call Ernesto in Chapter ?
(a) Stupid.
(b) Snake.
(c) Lizard.
(d) Bag of bones.

2. According to the students in Chapter 4, where did Adam and Eve live?
(a) Mesopotamia.
(b) Between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
(c) Turkey.
(d) Cuba.

3. What do the boys shoot through their blowguns?
(a) Dried peas.
(b) Small pieces of potato.
(c) Pebbles.
(d) Darts.

4. As Carlos notes in Chapter 34, who would have called the boys' peashooting incident an act of "caritas"?
(a) Gregory the Great.
(b) Saint Thomas Aquinas.
(c) Saint Jerome.
(d) Saint Augustine.

5. What aspect of the breadfruit "[speaks] of swamps, ooze, eggs and sperm, and infinite reproduction"?
(a) Its smell.
(b) Its appearance.
(c) Its taste.
(d) The sound of its explosion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What crop does Addison grow in his mansion?

2. Which philosopher does Carlos despise?

3. Who wakes the children in Chapter 29?

4. How long does Carlos have to wait between eating lunch and going swimming?

5. To what sin is Carlos especially prone, as described in Chapter 14?

(see the answer key)

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