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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator describe surrounding the flowers in the front yard of his childhood home in Chapter 1?
(a) Glass bottles.
(b) Large rocks.
(c) A white picket fence.
(d) Cherry trees.

2. Whose schoolwork did the narrator largely complete for him, as described in Chapter 2?
(a) The Girl's.
(b) Shiny's.
(c) Walter's.
(d) Red Head’s.

3. By what age could the narrator play by ear all of the hymns and songs his mother knew?
(a) 7.
(b) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 4.

4. What does the tall man with the small, dark moustache drill a hole through in Chapter 1 as the narrator watches?
(a) A five-dollar silver piece.
(b) A five-dollar gold piece.
(c) A two-dollar silver piece.
(d) A ten-dollar gold piece.

5. With what does the narrator describe having been allowed to play by the tall man with the small, dark moustache in Chapter 1?
(a) A gold pocket watch.
(b) A puppy.
(c) A 100-year-old sword.
(d) A croquet set.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator claims in Chapter 1, “As I look back now I can see that I was a perfect little” what?

2. What does the narrator describe under the shed in the backyard of his childhood home in Chapter 1?

3. What does the narrator describe growing along the edge of the fence by the vegetable garden in Chapter 1?

4. What present does the narrator describe receiving from his father in Chapter 3?

5. What does the narrator say he had a particular fondness for in his childhood in Chapter 1?

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