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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one story Abe tells Jacob?
(a) About how Jacob's father became so rigid.
(b) About a medium who makes a prophesy about Jacob.
(c) About a school for peculiar children.
(d) About how Jacob's mother dies.

2. Why is Jacob's father agreeable to go with Jacob on a trip?
(a) He is worried that Jacob might be in danger from whoever killed Abe.
(b) He is worried about Jacob's physical health.
(c) There is a rare bird on the island.
(d) He is hoping to strengthen their father-son relationship.

3. What does Jacob say has recently changed in the novel’s Prologue?
(a) His sister.
(b) His father.
(c) His brother.
(d) His life.

4. Who is Abe?
(a) Jacob's brother.
(b) Jacob's grandfather.
(c) Jacob's great uncle.
(d) The name Jacob uses at school.

5. What is something Uncle Oggie tells Jacob about the Home?
(a) The Home was moved three times.
(b) The Home is bombed early in WWII.
(c) The former residents of the Home live mostly in England.
(d) The previous director of the Home lives in Scotland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jacob notice about one of his grandfather's neighbors?

2. How does the trunk end up in the basement?

3. What is the year on the calendar in the hut where Jacob is taken in Chapter 5?

4. How do Jacob and his father get to the island?

5. How is Jacob's mother described?

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