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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is unusual about Ad's face?
(a) He is scarred on the entire left side
(b) One eye is brown, the other is blue
(c) He has no eyebrows
(d) His eyes are slits, nose is sunken and an ear is missing

2. What is Nick's mood?
(a) Excited
(b) Sarcastic
(c) Petulant
(d) Brooding

3. To where does Nick walk to visit his friend, Bill?
(a) Orchard
(b) Bridge
(c) Town
(d) Country road

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

5. What is Nick's father's profession?
(a) Accountant
(b) Minister
(c) Doctor
(d) Lawyer

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bill's father say makes drunkards?

2. According to the narrator, what is the worst scene among the evacuees?

3. What is a quai?

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

5. What does Nick's father call the floating logs?

(see the answer key)

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