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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11: 'The Ballad of Mistah Bones' - Chapter 14: Grand Slam .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 8, who are the three main characters speaking with?
(a) Riggs.
(b) Bodkin.
(c) Strangman.
(d) Beatrice.

2. How do Beatrice and Bodkin react to Kerans' suggestion in the end of Chapter 10?
(a) They eagerly agree to move south across the silt flats.
(b) They express doubt and concern.
(c) They decide to stay in the city square.
(d) They defer the decision to Kerans.

3. Who asks Kerans for help with a job?
(a) Riggs.
(b) Macready.
(c) Beatrice.
(d) The pilot of the boat.

4. What interrupts the quiet of the lagoon one morning in Chapter 7?
(a) The sound of a thunderstorm.
(b) A roar of a hydroplane.
(c) A flock of birds.
(d) A rumbling earthquake.

5. What realization does Kerans have while talking to Beatrice?
(a) He should leave with Riggs.
(b) He should have already left.
(c) They will stay permanently if Riggs leaves.
(d) Riggs is staying permanently.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kerans characterize Strangman in Chapter 13?

2. Who flags down some of the men in Chapter 7?

3. Where do Kerans and Riggs move to after docking the cutter?

4. How does Kerans handle the attack by someone in the depot ship in Chapter 12?

5. Where does Chapter 14, "Grand Slam," commence?

(see the answer key)

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