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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 – Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What disgusts the Elephant about the changing neighborhood?
(a) The emergence of crime.
(b) The emergence of unemployment.
(c) The emergence of poverty.
(d) The emergence of drugs.

2. According to the narrator in Chapter 1, when does the mysterious cheese arrive?
(a) The last Saturday of the month.
(b) The first Saturday of the month.
(c) The second Saturday of the month.
(d) The third Saturday of the month.

3. According to the narrator in Chapter 3, what position had Deems once played?
(a) Shortstop.
(b) Outfielder.
(c) Pitcher.
(d) Infielder.

4. In what year did Sportcoat’s wife disappear, as revealed by the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1947.

5. Which individual is Earl reluctant to leave, as revealed in Chapter 6?
(a) Deems.
(b) The Elephant.
(c) Bunch Moon.
(d) Joe Peck.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator in Chapter 7, in what year did the ants originally come to America?

2. What move is Deems pondering in Chapter 7?

3. What does Deems want his crew to watch for in Chapter 7?

4. Where does the first chapter of the novel take place?

5. Whom does Sportcoat shoot at the opening of the novel?

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