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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nick's father hire some local Indians to do?
(a) Cut logs that have drifted onto his property
(b) Till a new garden
(c) Plant some new trees
(d) Paint his house

2. What does Dick Boulton call the logs?
(a) Stolen property
(b) Kindling
(c) Zeus' toothpicks
(d) A nuisance

3. Why does Dr. Adams think Boulton picked a fight with him?
(a) Boulton owes him money and did not want to do the job
(b) He is angry about segregation
(c) He is off his antidepressant medication
(d) His wife just left him

4. A U.S. ship called the Simpson is in a ______________ state.
(a) battle-ready
(b) friendly
(c) foreign
(d) stand down

5. What is the setting for the Memoir of Chapter 2?
(a) Paris
(b) Adrianople
(c) Istanbul
(d) Constantinople

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Greek soldiers do to their mules after they break the front legs of the animals?

2. Smyrna is located in what country?

3. What profession does Nick's father have?

4. What is a quai?

5. Who is Dick Boulton?

(see the answer key)

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