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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the substitute teacher for the summer?
(a) Dr. Stanpole
(b) Mr. Prud'homme
(c) Mr. Brinker
(d) Mr. Patch-Wilders

2. What does Finny do with Gene to make him late?
(a) Talks him into leaving the campus
(b) Trips him
(c) Starts a wrestling match
(d) Pulls him into the river

3. What does the substitute teacher want to scold Gene and Finny for missing?
(a) Their classes
(b) Dinner
(c) The recruiter
(d) A test

4. What does Finny convince Gene to do?
(a) Try out for a sport
(b) Jump from the branch
(c) Enlist in the army
(d) Quit school

5. Who is the narrator of this story?
(a) Phineas
(b) The author
(c) Chet
(d) Gene

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Finny's real name?

2. "Nothing endures, not a ________, not love, not even death by violence."

3. Where is the school located?

4. What is Gene referring to when he describes a steely black steeple?

5. What is the name of the school the boys attend?

(see the answer key)

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