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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 did Cece Ferns and Ralph Diller find near the river the previous year?
(a) A gold coin.
(b) A pack of cigarettes.
(c) A cow's hipbone.
(d) Shell casings from a rifle.

2. When the boys tell Captain Tervitt what they discovered, why does he not take them to make a police report?
(a) He does not believe them.
(b) He is deaf and cannot hear them.
(c) He is the one who killed Mr. Willens.
(d) He wants to notify Mrs. Willens first.

3. What words best characterize Jimmy's crowded family household?
(a) Tense, anxious.
(b) Rigid, orderly.
(c) Polite, optimistic.
(d) Chaotic, boisterous.

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

5. What is implied when the boys kick and stomp the sand?
(a) They are trying to kick sand in each other's faces.
(b) They are trying to destroy any turtle nests that might be there.
(c) They are trying to hide their own tracks.
(d) They are trying to put out the beginning of a wildfire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides "lazy," what is another word that Bud might use to describe his sisters?

2. As the children watch the hand in the water, the narrator notes, "It rode there tremulously and irresolutely" (7). How did the hand move?

3. What do the boys plan to brag about when they return from swimming at Jutland?

4. What is the Willens house known for?

5. Besides his cooking skills, what else does Cece not tell the other boys about?

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