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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the traveler's plans after he leaves Italy?
(a) Take the boat to America
(b) Visit Moscow
(c) Hike through the Swiss Alps
(d) Go to Paris

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

3. What is meant by "riding the rails?"
(a) Riding on trains without paying the fare
(b) Driving a semi truck
(c) Putting up fences
(d) Taking the subway

4. Why does Ad get mad at Nick?
(a) He insults his mother
(b) He does not give him the knife
(c) He does not have any whiskey
(d) He does not have any cigarettes

5. What does Nick say is no longer any fun?
(a) Baseball
(b) Skinny dipping
(c) Love
(d) Fishing

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the soldier in the Memoir for Chapter 7 doing?

2. What feeling does Nick have on this morning?

3. In what year does the story for Chapter 7 take place?

4. Who is Bugs?

5. Who is Ad Francis?

(see the answer key)

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