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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 call the floating logs?
(a) A nuisance
(b) Kindling
(c) Flotsam
(d) Jetsam

2. What is the attitude of the narrator telling the story?
(a) Callous
(b) Amused
(c) Sympathetic
(d) Angry

3. What military force is withdrawing from the city of Smyrna?
(a) The Greek army
(b) The U.S. navy
(c) The French army
(d) The Russian navy

4. What does Nick do when he learns that his mother wants to see him?
(a) Takes the boat out onto the lake
(b) Goes on a walk with his father
(c) Takes the car into town
(d) Goes fishing

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the setting for the Memoir of Chapter 2?

3. What do Nick, his father and Uncle George deal with at the Indian camp?

4. In what year does this story take place?

5. What is Nick's father's profession?

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