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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 8: Chapters Fifteen and Sixteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter Ten, why is Linus going in to town?
(a) To mail a report.
(b) To go grocery shopping.
(c) To interview the townspeople.
(d) To buy Chauncey a bellhop's coat.

2. Whose house do the children find in the forest in Chapter Ten?
(a) Zoe's.
(b) A stranger's.
(c) Arthur's parents'.
(d) Merle's.

3. What is implied on page 90 when Linus remembers having stared at the picture of Arthur "for longer than was probably proper"?
(a) Linus thinks he recognizes Arthur from somewhere.
(b) Linus disliked Arthur from his photo alone.
(c) Linus finds Arthur attractive.
(d) Linus might need glasses.

4. In Chapter Fifteen, what fear does the file about Arthur create in Linus?
(a) He is afraid that he will lose his job as a caseworker.
(b) He is afraid that DICOMY will close the orphanage now that he knows about Arthur.
(c) He is afraid that the children and Arthur are only pretending to like him.
(d) He is afraid that the children and Arthur might harm him.

5. During their Chapter Nine conversation, what does Lucy explain about Arthur's name?
(a) "Parnassus" is a Greek word.
(b) That "Arthur" is a very old Welsh name.
(c) Mount Parnassus was sacred to Apollo.
(d) Arthur was the name of a legendary English king.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ms. Chapelwhite's first name?

2. In Chapter Six, what skill is Linus surprised to find that Arthur has?

3. In Chapter Sixteen, whom does Linus think has "irises glittering like shattered glass" (312)?

4. What philosopher do Arthur and Lucy discuss?

5. When Arthur was a child, what did he try to do to help himself and the other children at the Marsyas Orphanage?

(see the answer key)

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