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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 - 16, Under the Gibbon Moon, The Throbbing Heart of News.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About twelve days after Davy's escape, Reuben comes to tell his father that his lungs are tight. What is Jeremiah reading that night?
(a) Psalm 91.
(b) Jeremiah 33.
(c) Lamentations 3.
(d) Psalm 121.

2. What is Tin Lurvy selling on Swede's birthday?
(a) Cufflinks.
(b) World Book encyclopedias.
(c) Vacuum cleaners.
(d) Patented medicines.

3. How many hours a week did Jeremiah work sweeping and painting in the athletic building while he was in medical school?
(a) 30 hours.
(b) 20 hours.
(c) 40 hours.
(d) 15 hours.

4. What is the name of the sheriff who brings the news of Davy's escape?
(a) Wilson.
(b) Brith.
(c) Mons.
(d) Pym.

5. In Chapter 6, what time does the rain turn to snow?
(a) Middle of the afternoon.
(b) Around 11 p.m.
(c) Past midnight.
(d) Around 10 p.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the Land's hunting when Reuben sees his father's third miracle?

2. What room do Swede and Reuben sleep in at the Shultz's?

3. What time does the sheriff come to tell the DeCuellars and Lands that Davy broke out of jail?

4. How many men in the following days show up at the courthouse armed with old guns to join the posse searching for Davy?

5. Which deputy, during the first two weeks that Davy is in jail, reads some of the letters that Davy receives?

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