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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator remember from his war experience?
(a) Earning medals and dodging bullets.
(b) Historic events and confusion on the front lines.
(c) Chaos and confusion.
(d) Dodging bullets and attack plans.

2. Who does Dunstan believe is suffering most from the events of Christmas 1936?
(a) The children.
(b) Himself.
(c) Leola.
(d) Boy.

3. What do Leola and Percy name their second child?
(a) Charlene.
(b) Caroline.
(c) Christina.
(d) Carol.

4. What were Percy and the narrator doing in the snow at the beginning of the story?
(a) Skiing.
(b) Making forts.
(c) Making snowmen.
(d) Sledding.

5. What is the name of Dunstan's home village?
(a) Dampton.
(b) Deptford.
(c) Daunton.
(d) Demford.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the narrator of the story?

2. What is Leola wearing when she is standing next to Percy at Dunstan's celebration?

3. In addition to caring for Mrs. Dempster, teaching, and being Boy's primary confidant, what publication is Dunstan doing a lot of writing for?

4. What does Dunstan study in school after the war?

5. Why does Amasa Dempster refuse to prosecute the man Mrs. Dempster was found with?

(see the answer key)

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