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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. Jimmy's mother tells him not to eat his ice cream too fast or he will get what?
(a) Brain freeze.
(b) The collywobbles.
(c) A cold.
(d) Sick.

2. What is Joe Harland's good luck charm?
(a) A four-leaf clover.
(b) A sock with a hole in it.
(c) A rabbit's foot.
(d) A blue silk crocheted necktie.

3. How does Cassandra Wilkins speak when she meets Jimmy?
(a) She mumbles.
(b) In French.
(c) With a lisp.
(d) In a haughty English accent.

4. Why is Ed Thatcher at the hospital?
(a) His mother is dying.
(b) He has been hit by a car.
(c) His wife has had a baby.
(d) He works there.

5. How does Ellen's mother think that she and her father feel about her?
(a) That they adore her.
(b) That they want her to work.
(c) That they hate her.
(d) That they want to send her to France.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Jimmy is returning from his sea voyage, what does the man say that the yellow flagged boat is?

2. Who does Joe Harland ask for a loan of "twenty-five" dollars?

3. What picture hangs in Joe Harland's bedroom?

4. What does the man's wife who shaves at the end of "Ferryslip" say of his clean face?

5. What building where mostly nice people live does Jimmy pass on Broadway on his way to buy some candy?

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