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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job did the narrator have in the war?
(a) Chaplain
(b) Kitchen
(c) Reporter
(d) Supplies

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

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

4. What profession does Nick's father have?
(a) Minister
(b) Doctor
(c) Accountant
(d) Lawyer

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Smyrna is located in what country?

2. What fills the muddy roads leading out of the city?

3. Why does Dr. Adams think Boulton picked a fight with him?

4. Whose life does the character of Nick Adams parallel?

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

(see the answer key)

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