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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 180 - 187.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does mother call the specter of death?
(a) Odin
(b) Lonely One
(c) Grim
(d) Grim Reaper

2. What city does Colonel Freeleigh call?
(a) Chicago
(b) Washington, DC
(c) London
(d) Mexico City

3. How much more money does Douglas need to buy the new sneakers himself?
(a) Twenty-five cents
(b) One dollar
(c) Fifty cents
(d) One dollar and ten cents

4. Which of the following words means about the same thing as the word distilled as it is used in the following sentence? The distilled brew will serve the family well.
(a) Collected
(b) Purified
(c) Extracted
(d) Diluted

5. What did Douglas want his father to buy him after they went to a movie?
(a) Ice cream cone
(b) Sneakers
(c) Jeans
(d) Candy

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mother grow anxious when Tom returns from the store?

2. Where do the sounds of Mexico City take Colonel Freeleigh back to?

3. Which of the following descriptions best matches what the children thought the Lonely One looked like?

4. Where does Douglas record his time traveling encounter?

5. Where does Lavinia go after the movie?

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