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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event happens before Kitty and Boy leave for the United States?
(a) A murder.
(b) A political change.
(c) An illness.
(d) A robbery.

2. In "Chapter 1," what do the soldiers see as a sign of the decline of civilization?
(a) Deseased crops and trees.
(b) Women and children running wild.
(c) Overrun houses and fields.
(d) Burned down cities.

3. What frightens Christopher after his grandmother's death?
(a) Being haunted by her.
(b) Being taken to the United States.
(c) Having his money stolen.
(d) Losing his books.

4. In "Chapter 1," where does the narrator say the soldiers sleep?
(a) In a truck-bed.
(b) In other people's houses.
(c) Outside.
(d) In tents.

5. In "Chapter 1," why does the narrator say the men and women in the truck claimed a piece of land?
(a) Because it was rumored to hide gold.
(b) Because it was near the water.
(c) Because it was legally theirs.
(d) Because it was overgrown.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe weapon manufacturing, in "Chapter 1"?

2. What type of person's life is described, in the opening of "Chapter 2"?

3. In "Chapter 1," what word is used interchangeably with "ruinate"?

4. What makes Christopher want to find his grandmother and put her to rest?

5. What do the men and women farm on their land, in "Chapter 1"?

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