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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

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. Why does the husband decide to return to the hotel?
(a) He is too tired to go any farther
(b) He has a migraine
(c) He has sprained his ankle
(d) He doesn't have any sinkers

3. 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

4. About what do Nick and Bill agree is better than baseball?
(a) Fishing
(b) Girls
(c) Whiskey
(d) Books

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes the husband nervous as they walk through the streets of town?

2. Who is Marjorie?

3. Who is Hubert Elliot in the story in Chapter 9?

4. Where is the person from #101 traveling?

5. Who is the unnamed narrator of the story?

(see the answer key)

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