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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. What does the overgrown plant life sometimes cause to happen at Jutland?
(a) Children sometimes get lost in the area.
(b) Hikers do not always see bears in time to get away.
(c) The thick underbrush sometimes catches fire.
(d) The turnaround for cars gets too overgrown to use.

2. What strange thing does Cece's father do when he is in a violent mood?
(a) Hoots like a monkey.
(b) Takes his shoes and socks off.
(c) Throws the Bible on the floor.
(d) Snarls like a dog.

3. What is the Willens house known for?
(a) Its bright color.
(b) Its flowers.
(c) Its unusual roof.
(d) Its size.

4. What technique is used in the sentence: "Ice daggers shooting up behind their eyes and jabbing the tops of their skulls from the inside" (5)?
(a) Fragment for effect.
(b) Cacophony.
(c) Simile.
(d) Juxtaposition.

5. What conclusion does the narrator come to about why the boys did not tell their parents about the dead body?
(a) The three boys began to doubt their memories once they were separated.
(b) All three boys are a little bit afraid of their parents.
(c) There is already too much going on in each of their houses.
(d) The boys enjoy knowing something that no one else knows.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men in town call the boys when they are in a good mood and want to seem friendly?

2. What is implied when the boys kick and stomp the sand?

3. When Mrs. Willens sees the boys in front of her house, what does she do?

4. What is the best description of the narrator's tone when the narrator is describing the boys' business plans?

5. To what does the narrator compare the opthalmoscope?

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