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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, "A Peculiar Imprisonment".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the houses surrounded by?
(a) Fences.
(b) Wild flowers.
(c) Well-kept gardens.
(d) Deep ditches.

2. Why does Terry lament not catching the girl in the tree?
(a) She could have been used as a hostage.
(b) Terry thought she was beautiful.
(c) She could have convinced the women to let the men go.
(d) She could have warned the men not to go to town.

3. How many cities did the author live in as a child?
(a) Five.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Nine.
(d) Twelve.

4. What do the men figure out they will be doing at the tables?
(a) Studying the local language.
(b) Drawing maps of the outside world.
(c) Writing letters to their families.
(d) Playing games.

5. During their escape, what signal does Terry use to let his friends know he has found a secure footing?
(a) He tugs on the rope three times.
(b) He hoots like an owl.
(c) He lights a match.
(d) He tosses a stone up to his friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Terry apply to the elder women?

2. What does Lane say the author considered herself to be?

3. Who was Charles Walter Stetson?

4. Which activity is used by the guards to pass time?

5. Whose Utopian novel influenced the author's interest in socialism?

(see the answer key)

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