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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Colin see his father do when he follows him to the park in Part 2, Chapter 6?
(a) March with other men.
(b) Buy a gun.
(c) Steal money.
(d) Beat up another man.

2. How does Harry know the friend he runs into while at the seashore in Part 1, Chapter 3?
(a) From college.
(b) From the military.
(c) From the coal mine.
(d) From the factory.

3. What happened when the Savilles and their neighbors went into Harry's bomb shelter in Part 1, Chapter 4?
(a) The door wouldn't open.
(b) The door wouldn't close.
(c) It was flooded.
(d) The roof collapsed.

4. In Part 1, Chapter 5, how long is Colin's mother in the hospital?
(a) A month.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Four months.
(d) Six weeks.

5. How many bunk beds does Harry put in the bomb shelter?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Colin stay when his mother is in the hospital in Part 1, Chapter 5?

2. What shift does Harry work at the coal pit?

3. At the seashore, how does Colin first react to the water?

4. Why does Harry creosote the timbers for his bomb shelter?

5. In Part 1, Chapter 1, what irritates Ellen about Andrew?

(see the answer key)

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