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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before Håkan can enact his plan to escape from the clutches of the dragoon and the rest, who sets him free?
(a) The highway robber.
(b) The woman.
(c) The fat man.
(d) The dragoon.

2. The woman who takes Håkan as a sex slave also spends a great deal of time engaged in what activity with him?
(a) Combing his hair.
(b) Dressing him.
(c) Bathing him.
(d) Reading to him.

3. Håkan sees which of his own acts as an act against the sanctity of Lorimer's teachings?
(a) None of them.
(b) Lying.
(c) Killing.
(d) Surrendering.

4. The prologue of In the Distance takes place in the same time frame as what other section of the novel?
(a) The epilogue.
(b) The 14th chapter.
(c) The end of the novel.
(d) The epigraph.

5. Which character falls ill with fever in Chapter 7?
(a) Lorimer.
(b) Lorimer's infant son.
(c) Håkan.
(d) Asa.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Håkan acquire Pingo?

2. In what country is Håkan born?

3. Håkan and his brother Linus use what type of abandoned structures as places to play?

4. In what location does Håkan last recall seeing his own face?

5. What is NOT an action Håkan takes when he is finally allowed to help the injured boy?

(see the answer key)

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