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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. Why does Jimmy's great-aunt Mary live with his family?
(a) She is needed to take care of the children.
(b) Her eyesight is failing.
(c) It is her house.
(d) She has social anxiety.

3. What first causes the boys to notice the submerged car?
(a) The motion of the dead man's arm.
(b) The blue color in the water.
(c) The trunk sticking up out of the water.
(d) The air bubbles surfacing around it.

4. What do the boys realize as they near the police station?
(a) They will be in trouble for waiting so long to go to the police.
(b) They will have to make their report in front of a bunch of gossiping old men.
(c) They would rather keep what they know a secret because they do not want Mrs. Willens to be upset.
(d) They are no longer sure that they saw what they think they saw.

5. What is the best description of the narrator's tone when the narrator is describing the boys' business plans?
(a) Respectful.
(b) Wry.
(c) Facetious.
(d) Critical.

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

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

4. To what does the narrator compare the opthalmoscope?

5. What do the boys buy at Paquette's Service Station?

(see the answer key)

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