View a FREE sample

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 is the name of the town where the story begins?
(a) Tobermory.
(b) Walley.
(c) Yarmouth.
(d) Nelson.

2. To what does the narrator compare the opthalmoscope?
(a) A kaleidoscope.
(b) A snowman.
(c) A snake.
(d) A broken mirror.

3. In describing the boys on their way back to town, what does the narrator say they are like?
(a) Stones.
(b) Adults.
(c) Ghosts.
(d) Animals.

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

5. Why do cars honk at the boys as they are crossing the bridge?
(a) The boys are not supposed to be on that bridge at all.
(b) The boys are walking on a dangerous part of the bridge.
(c) The boys are well-known in town and people are honking to say "hi."
(d) The boys are in the way of people trying to get to work.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the boys think Jutland is named after?

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

4. What do the boys plan to brag about when they return from swimming at Jutland?

5. What did Cece Ferns and Ralph Diller find near the river the previous year?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 316 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample