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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: Introduction and "Jutland" Pages 3-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does the narrator compare Mr. Willens's arm, floating in the water?
(a) A mermaid's hair.
(b) An animal tail.
(c) Seaweed.
(d) A dead fish.

2. What is Cece's mother wearing when he gets home?
(a) A red wig.
(b) A bathrobe.
(c) A raincoat.
(d) A church hat.

3. What technique is used in the phrase: "feel the painful recapture of their bodies by their startled blood" (5)?
(a) Synechdoche.
(b) Metonymy.
(c) Personification.
(d) Synesthesia.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does the narrator compare the opthalmoscope?

2. To what does the narrator compare a part of the retinoscope?

3. What is implied when the boys kick and stomp the sand?

4. What job does Cece take over for his mother when he gets home?

5. What kind of business do the boys talk about setting up?

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