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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: "Jutland" Pages 16-31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose sister rides by on a bike and insults the boys after they leave Mrs. Willens's house?
(a) Mrs. Willens's.
(b) Jimmy's.
(c) Bud's.
(d) Cece's.

2. To what does the narrator compare Mr. Willens's arm, floating in the water?
(a) Seaweed.
(b) An animal tail.
(c) A mermaid's hair.
(d) A dead fish.

3. Why is Walley especially crowded on the day the boys are walking to the police station?
(a) It is Canada Day weekend.
(b) The country people are in town because it is Saturday.
(c) One of the mills is hiring and people have come from all over looking for work.
(d) There is a county fair happening.

4. What technique is used in the phrase: "feel the painful recapture of their bodies by their startled blood" (5)?
(a) Synechdoche.
(b) Personification.
(c) Synesthesia.
(d) Metonymy.

5. What do the boys usually call one another when they are out at Jutland?
(a) Their first names.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Family nicknames.
(d) School nicknames.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "The Love of a Good Woman"?

2. Why are the boys staring at the Willens house?

3. What job does Cece take over for his mother when he gets home?

4. Why does Jimmy's great-aunt Mary live with his family?

5. What is in the red box in the museum?

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