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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. How did Mr. D. M. Willens die?
(a) He was hit by a train.
(b) He had a heart attack.
(c) He drowned.
(d) He was poisoned.

2. When Mrs. Willens sees the boys in front of her house, what does she do?
(a) Goes back in the house to get them some cookies.
(b) Tells them to stop standing in the street staring.
(c) Offers them some forsythia to take home to their mothers.
(d) Asks them if they have seen her husband.

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

4. What is in the red box in the museum?
(a) Optometrist's instruments.
(b) Old photographs.
(c) Porcelain insulators.
(d) Donations to keep the museum running.

5. As the children watch the hand in the water, the narrator notes, "It rode there tremulously and irresolutely" (7). How did the hand move?
(a) In a mechanical, jerking way.
(b) In an uncertain, unsteady way.
(c) In a gentle, calming way.
(d) In a violent, angry way.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the overgrown plant life sometimes cause to happen at Jutland?

2. Why does it bother Cece when his mother gives him money?

3. What words best characterize Jimmy's crowded family household?

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

5. When do the boys plan to go to the police?

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