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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nick's father call the floating logs?
(a) A nuisance
(b) Kindling
(c) Jetsam
(d) Flotsam

2. What is a quai?
(a) A dock
(b) A legal term
(c) A flock of quails
(d) A loud noise

3. Who is Bugs?
(a) Nick's college roommate
(b) A gangster
(c) A cartoon bunny
(d) Ad's traveling companion

4. Who is Marjorie?
(a) Nick's girlfriend
(b) Nick's piano teacher
(c) Nick's sister
(d) Nick's mother

5. What does Nick's father not do?
(a) Drive
(b) Hunt
(c) Fish
(d) Drink

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a woman doing on a cart?

2. Who is Ad Francis?

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

4. Who is the unnamed narrator of the story?

5. Why does the Lieutenant ride his horse out into the field?

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