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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue and Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The novel's prologue depicts a group of men aboard a ship with what name?
(a) The Unpredictable.
(b) The Unsinkable.
(c) The Impeccable.
(d) The Unspeakable.

2. Which member of the Brennan family makes a map of the United States and gives it to Håkan?
(a) Owen.
(b) James.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Eileen.

3. Which two sons in Håkan's family die from illness?
(a) The two eldest.
(b) The middle and the youngest.
(c) The two youngest.
(d) The youngest and the eldest.

4. Håkan and his brother Linus use what type of abandoned structures as places to play?
(a) Factories.
(b) Bomb shelters.
(c) Farmhouses.
(d) Outhouses.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The men in the prologue are aboard what type of ship?

2. What element of weather leads to the men's predicament of being stranded?

3. In what country is Håkan born?

4. In what season had Håkan and Linus departed from Europe together?

5. What type of animal does Erik sell in order to pay Linus and Håkan's fare to America?

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