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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Dick Boulton?
(a) The head of the local plumbers union
(b) The mayor of the town
(c) A school board member
(d) One of the men who comes to work for Nick's father

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

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

4. Nick accuses Marjorie of always _____________________.
(a) laughing at the wrong moments
(b) tipping the boat
(c) knowing everything
(d) forgetting the matches

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who else is attempting to leave Smyrna?

2. What do the evacuees do every night at midnight?

3. What is the location of the Story in Chapter 3?

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

5. What job did the narrator have in the war?

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