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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. Why are the boys staring at the Willens house?
(a) It is hard for them to understand how it can look exactly as usual when Mr. Willens is dead.
(b) It has only just occurred to them that Mr. Willens's death will be terrible for his wife.
(c) They have begun to suspect that Mrs. Willens has something to do with her husband's death.
(d) They are wondering if Mrs. Willens will be angry at them for waiting so long to go to the police.

2. What is Captain Tervitt's current job?
(a) Town clerk.
(b) Ship's captain.
(c) Special constable.
(d) None--he is retired.

3. What is the name of the town where the story begins?
(a) Tobermory.
(b) Nelson.
(c) Yarmouth.
(d) Walley.

4. What kind of business do the boys talk about setting up?
(a) Muskrat trapping.
(b) Cattle ranching.
(c) Boat building.
(d) Gold mining.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do cars honk at the boys as they are crossing the bridge?

2. What technique is used in the phrase: "feel the painful recapture of their bodies by their startled blood" (5)?

3. What do the boys usually call one another when they are out at Jutland?

4. What conclusion does the narrator come to about why the boys did not tell their parents about the dead body?

5. How do the boys know whose car they are looking at in the water?

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