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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Uncle George not accompany Nick and his father back to their camp that night?
(a) He is too sick to stay overnight in the woods
(b) He is too shaken by what he has witnessed
(c) He has to go to work in the morning
(d) He is tired of fishing and sleeping outside

2. Who comes for Nick's father for help while he and Nick are on a fishing trip?
(a) A banker
(b) Two criminals
(c) A Marine
(d) Two loggers

3. What does Krebs tell about the war?
(a) His actual experiences
(b) Lies
(c) Nothing
(d) Occasional stories

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

5. What does the traveler buy when he visits various towns?
(a) Books
(b) Art reproductions
(c) Clothes
(d) Souvenir ashtrays

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Krebs think he would like to have?

2. What is the nature of the problem with which Nick's father can assist?

3. What do Nick and Marjorie see?

4. Which one of Nick's friends asks about Marjorie?

5. Where does Krebs plan to go to get a job?

(see the answer key)

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