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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 20-24 and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Håkan leaves the store, he encounters how many armed men in the street?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 9.
(d) 6.

2. Asa tells Håkan that the two of them will eventually set sail from what city toward New York City?
(a) Miami.
(b) Sacramento.
(c) Boston.
(d) San Francisco.

3. What does Håkan lose "in a matter of days" (22)?
(a) The hair on his head.
(b) His fear.
(c) Three of his teeth.
(d) His memory of Linus.

4. When Håkan wakes up next to a dead animal, to what cause does he attribute the animal's cause of death?
(a) A broken neck.
(b) Disease.
(c) Starvation.
(d) Dehydration.

5. Who directs the preparation of the medicine to heal the person ill with fever?
(a) Lorimer.
(b) Jarvis.
(c) Linus.
(d) Håkan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who makes Håkan's escape from a death sentence possible?

2. The sound of what action begins to delight Håkan during his time living in the burrow?

3. What part of Håkan's body act as the only part that reminds him of his former self?

4. In what century is the novel In the Distance set?

5. When Håkan begins to encounter other people, he begins to play what role?

(see the answer key)

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