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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, Skyscraper.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Anna's mother scolds her in what language besides English?
(a) Yiddish.
(b) French.
(c) Welsh.
(d) Swedish.

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

3. What did Bud's father do to him when he was a kid?
(a) Locked him in the closet.
(b) Beat him.
(c) Sold him into slavery.
(d) Revered him.

4. In the Chinese restaurant, what song is the jazz band playing when Dutch and Francie are dancing?
(a) Hindustan.
(b) Caravan.
(c) Take the A Train.
(d) In the Mood.

5. What does the burglar, Nicky Schatz, end up with when he gets home from the burglary?
(a) A sack of gold coins.
(b) A valuable brooch.
(c) A roll of stage money.
(d) Ellen's earrings.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the girl with the forget-me-nots in her hat chases Emile down the street, he kisses her and she calls him what name?

2. What stood up, vague as a sleepwalker, that Ed Thatcher sees as he looks across the Narrows?

3. What is Jimmy called by his friends when he throws them out of his room for making him fight?

4. What is Congo's favorite subject?

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

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