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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

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. What do the evacuees do every night at midnight?
(a) Scream
(b) Sing
(c) Sleep
(d) Cry

3. What is the setting for the Memoir of Chapter 2?
(a) Adrianople
(b) Istanbul
(c) Constantinople
(d) Paris

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Agnes von Kurowsky?

2. What is Nick's father's profession?

3. What shocking event occurs this night for Nick, his father and Uncle George?

4. What is the relationship between Nick and his nurse?

5. Why does Nick's nurse leave for Pordenone?

(see the answer key)

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