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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the nature of the problem with which Nick's father can assist?
(a) A man has been indicted on criminal charges
(b) A woman is having trouble delivering a baby
(c) A man has hacked off his forearm
(d) A man needs a will drawn up

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

3. What is a quai?
(a) A legal term
(b) A dock
(c) A loud noise
(d) A flock of quails

4. What is a woman doing on a cart?
(a) Giving birth
(b) Polishing a gun
(c) Singing
(d) Holding a suitcase

5. What does Boulton call Nick's father?
(a) Sport
(b) Bud
(c) Doc
(d) Dude

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Lieutenant ride his horse out into the field?

2. What do the sailors on the Simpson do to the evacuees every night?

3. Who is Dick Boulton?

4. Who is the unnamed narrator of the story?

5. What does Nick's father call the floating logs?

(see the answer key)

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