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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who goes with Ed to a saloon for a drink?
(a) The surgeon.
(b) Tony Hunter.
(c) George Baldwin.
(d) Mr. Zucher.

2. What does Bud do to his father?
(a) Apologizes to him.
(b) Sends him to another state.
(c) Yells at him.
(d) Mashes his head in.

3. Why is Mrs. McNeil skeptical that George Baldwin is a lawyer?
(a) He is dressed like a longshoreman.
(b) She thinks she knows him form a bar.
(c) He walked to her house.
(d) He looks too young.

4. What song is Ed Thatcher trying to pick out on the piano?
(a) The Mosquito Parade.
(b) How Great Thou Art.
(c) When the Saints Go Marchin in.
(d) We're in the Money.

5. What is the boy Slats really good at?
(a) Hustling old ladies.
(b) Telling the future.
(c) Crapshooting.
(d) Running from the police.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Bud think is chasing him?

2. Where is the yellow-painted drugstore that the man at the end of Chapter 1 goes to?

3. What brand of clock does Jimmy have that he looks at when he wakes up after eating chocolates?

4. What happens that makes Captain McAvoy turn his tug abruptly?

5. What does the old man ask Bud when he asks him about finding a job in New York?

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