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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator's father die?
(a) Car accident.
(b) House fire.
(c) Drowning.
(d) Suicide.

2. Who tells the Judge in Chapter 2, "If you weren't so old, I'd damn well knock you down"?
(a) Junius.
(b) Riley.
(c) Horace.
(d) Collin.

3. What kind of fish do the narrator and Riley catch?
(a) Catfish.
(b) Mackerel.
(c) Crawfish.
(d) Trout.

4. Who used to deliver the papers?
(a) Sal Rosewater.
(b) Paul Jimson.
(c) John Tilly.
(d) John Lambert.

5. Who comes to the narrator's house the day after his mother's funeral?
(a) Junius.
(b) Dolly.
(c) Verena.
(d) Riley.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the last words of the Judge's wife?

2. What does the Judge call Dorothy fondly in Chapter 3?

3. Whose esteem does the Judge not enjoy?

4. Where is Riley born?

5. Who fires the gun in Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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