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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 4, Charlie and Allie see a sign that says what?
(a) Beware of dog.
(b) For sale.
(c) Now hiring.
(d) No trespassing.

2. What does Allie give to Mr. Torch?
(a) His hydraulic chair.
(b) His boarding pass for the ship.
(c) His truck.
(d) Seventy dollars.

3. The passage that Gurney Spellgood and Allie argue over is from which book of the bible?
(a) Romans.
(b) Mark.
(c) Genesis.
(d) Luke.

4. What do the natives in Seville begin to worship?
(a) Ice.
(b) Allie.
(c) A tiny replica of Allie's ice plant.
(d) A replica of Allie.

5. Who does Allie say he is when he is welding his ice plant?
(a) Doctor Frankenstein.
(b) Archimedes.
(c) Doctor Jekyll.
(d) Thomas Edison.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the Indians that Allie wants to take ice to?

2. What item does Jerry want to look at while shopping?

3. Mr. Haddy thinks the Foxes' new neighbors' last name is probably what?

4. What does Allie build for Mr. Haddy?

5. What piece of furniture sits smoldering at the entrance to Jeronimo?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Jeronimo looks like when the Foxes first arrive.

2. Why does the Fox family rarely go out shopping at real stores?

3. Why is Allie highly critical of the migrant workers for leaving the jungle?

4. How does Allie persuade Honduran natives to help him load cargo?

5. With the ice plant complete, what does Allie dream of doing?

6. Why does Allie refuse to build the ice plant for Polski?

7. Describe the condition that the Foxes leave their house in when they depart for the shore.

8. How do the Foxes spend their first day off from work in six weeks?

9. How does Allie react when Charlie refers to the migrant workers' home as the Monkey House?

10. Describe what Charlie sees when the family first arrives in Honduras.

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