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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Greek soldiers do to their mules after they break the front legs of the animals?
(a) Force them to carry heavy loads
(b) Bludgeon them to death
(c) Push them off the dock into shallow water
(d) Shoot them in the head

2. What war does the narrator mention in the memoir for Chapter 1?
(a) The Korean War
(b) World War II
(c) The Vietnam War
(d) World War I

3. Smyrna is located in what country?
(a) Thailand
(b) France
(c) Turkey
(d) Romania

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

5. What fills the muddy roads leading out of the city?
(a) Water from unrelenting rains
(b) Garbage from a garbage strike
(c) Greek citizens pulling carts with all their belongings
(d) Tanks and other military vehicles

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Uncle George not accompany Nick and his father back to their camp that night?

3. What does Dick Boulton call the logs?

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

5. Why are Nick and Marjorie together on this night?

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