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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What feeling does Nick have on this morning?
(a) That he is homesick
(b) That he does not want to leave
(c) That he will never die
(d) That he wants to remember this morning forever

2. What are Nick and Marjorie doing as the story begins?
(a) Playing tennis
(b) Rowing in a boat
(c) Studying
(d) Riding bicycles

3. What shocking event occurs this night for Nick, his father and Uncle George?
(a) The country goes to war with Japan
(b) The local forest catches fire
(c) There is a lynching in town
(d) A man commits suicide by slitting his throat

4. Why are two men killed in the story?
(a) Robbing a bank
(b) Robbing a liquor store
(c) Shooting a cop
(d) Robbing a cigar store

5. What does Krebs' mother want him to do?
(a) Take care of his grandmother
(b) Move out of the house
(c) Go to college
(d) Make something of himself and get married

Short Answer Questions

1. The story in Chapter 8 is not so much a story as a ______________________.

2. What is meant by "riding the rails?"

3. What are the traveler's plans after he leaves Italy?

4. What is Nick's mood?

5. What does Nick say is no longer any fun?

(see the answer key)

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