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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 do the boys plan to brag about when they return from swimming at Jutland?
(a) That they found a dead body.
(b) That they swam when there was still some snow on the ground.
(c) That they swam farther out into the river than any of the other boys have before.
(d) That they went swimming above the dam instead of below it.

2. What job does Cece take over for his mother when he gets home?
(a) Holding the baby.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Laundry.
(d) Mopping the floor.

3. 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 would rather keep what they know a secret because they do not want Mrs. Willens to be upset.
(c) They are no longer sure that they saw what they think they saw.
(d) They will have to make their report in front of a bunch of gossiping old men.

4. Besides "lazy," what is another word that Bud might use to describe his sisters?
(a) Vain.
(b) Sullen.
(c) Stubborn.
(d) Apathetic.

5. What technique is used in the phrase "the mirror beside the kitchen door with the shelf underneath always loaded with safety pins, bobby pins, pennies, buttons, bits of pencils" (17)?
(a) Asyndeton.
(b) Antimetabole.
(c) Colloquialism.
(d) Innuendo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the nickname that all three boys acquire as a result of this incident?

2. What does Jimmy get embarrassed by as they walk downtown?

3. What is in the red box in the museum?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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