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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. What does the overgrown plant life sometimes cause to happen at Jutland?
(a) The turnaround for cars gets too overgrown to use.
(b) Hikers do not always see bears in time to get away.
(c) The thick underbrush sometimes catches fire.
(d) Children sometimes get lost in the area.

2. What animals are most prominently featured in the description of the boys' walk to the river?
(a) Birds.
(b) Coyotes.
(c) Squirrels.
(d) Rabbits.

3. Who is the author of "The Love of a Good Woman"?
(a) Eudora Welty.
(b) Alice Walker.
(c) Alice Munroe.
(d) Edith Wharton.

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

5. What do the boys plan to brag about when they return from swimming at Jutland?
(a) That they swam when there was still some snow on the ground.
(b) That they found a dead body.
(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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the boys usually call one another when they are out at Jutland?

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

3. What first causes the boys to notice the submerged car?

4. What is the "Death Trap" (7)?

5. What is the name of the town where the story begins?

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