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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Nine Day's Wonder.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the old man ask Bud when he asks him about finding a job in New York?
(a) How old he is.
(b) If he can lift a hundred pounds.
(c) If he knows any rich people.
(d) If he has a union card.

2. What happens that makes Captain McAvoy turn his tug abruptly?
(a) Another boat is approaching too fast.
(b) The tug is on fire.
(c) The wind has changed direction.
(d) Someone has jumped off the bridge.

3. What does Jimmy call his mother?
(a) Muddy.
(b) Momma.
(c) Mother Dearest.
(d) Mumu.

4. John and Elaine change trains at ___________, when her new kid glove has split at the thumb.
(a) Manhattan Transfer.
(b) Freemont Exchange.
(c) Port Authority.
(d) Union Station.

5. What does Jimmy ask his mother on the way to the dining saloon?
(a) "What are we going to order, Muddy?"
(b) "How long before we go home?"
(c) "Where is my daddy from?"
(d) "Is it really the Fourth of July?"

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jimmy tell Stan that his cousin James Merivale is?

2. Where does Mother McCree say she lost her husband?

3. What does Elaine suggest Jojo do when he finds her and George eating together?

4. What does Morris call Cassie when she talks about getting a bit part in Goldweiser's next show?

5. How does Ellen's mother think that she and her father feel about her?

(see the answer key)

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