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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What disease does Oliver Gant have?
(a) Prostate cancer
(b) Brights disease
(c) Heart failure
(d) Crone's disease

2. At home, how would you describe Oliver and the fires in the fireplace?
(a) He builds enormous fires
(b) He never builds a fire
(c) He won't allow fires to be built in the fireplace
(d) He builds small fires

3. In Part 2, Chapter 18 where does Steve live?
(a) Dixieland
(b) New Orleans
(c) Indiana
(d) South Carolina

4. What does Oliver sell to Eliza?
(a) The angel
(b) His interest in the roominghouse
(c) His shop
(d) His burial plot

5. Where does Eugene stay while his mother is away?
(a) At Dixieland
(b) At the Leonards
(c) At Helen's
(d) At his father's house

6. At this point in the book, where is Ben working?
(a) He is not working
(b) The newspaper
(c) His father's shop
(d) Dixieland

7. Who does Gant rent a room to?
(a) A local prostitute
(b) Eugene
(c) A 49 year old widow
(d) Daisy

8. What is the name of the school that Eugene begins attending in this chapter?
(a) Altamont School for Boys
(b) Dixieland High School
(c) Altamont Fitting School
(d) Leonard Normal School

9. Who does Ben fight in this chapter?
(a) Eugene
(b) Steve
(c) Oliver
(d) Luke

10. What prompts Gant's rampage in this chapter?
(a) Eliza's nagging
(b) His own drinking
(c) Eugene's arrogance
(d) His lack of money

11. Where is Guy Doak from?
(a) New Bedford
(b) New York
(c) New Orleans
(d) New Jersey

12. What do Eugene and George Graves do in this chapter?
(a) Take a trip to Daisy's house
(b) Slip out at night and forage for food
(c) Take a trip to Steve's house
(d) Take a trip through town

13. Why does Ben want to go to Canada to join the war?
(a) He is not old enough
(b) The US is not yet in the War
(c) He is sick and the Army won't accept him
(d) He was born in Canada

14. Oliver Gant became an apprentice in what trade?
(a) Jeweler
(b) Stonecutter
(c) Brickmason
(d) Watchmaker

15. In Part 1, Chapter 7 how old is Oliver Gant?
(a) 76
(b) 50
(c) 56
(d) 40

Short Answer Questions

1. What social campaign does Gant join?

2. How long does he attend the new school set up by the Leonards?

3. Where does Eugene live most of the time when he is attending the Leonards' school?

4. What is Eugene's principal's name?

5. Who is Horse Hines?

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