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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What feeling does Nick have on this morning?
(a) That he will never die
(b) That he is homesick
(c) That he wants to remember this morning forever
(d) That he does not want to leave

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the unnamed narrator of the story?

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

3. What is a quai?

4. A U.S. ship called the Simpson is in a ______________ state.

5. Who else is attempting to leave Smyrna?

(see the answer key)

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