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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 technique is used in the sentence: "Ice daggers shooting up behind their eyes and jabbing the tops of their skulls from the inside" (5)?
(a) Simile.
(b) Fragment for effect.
(c) Cacophony.
(d) Juxtaposition.

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

3. What kind of business do the boys talk about setting up?
(a) Muskrat trapping.
(b) Gold mining.
(c) Boat building.
(d) Cattle ranching.

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

5. When do the boys plan to go to the police?
(a) As soon as they return to town.
(b) After dinner.
(c) In the morning.
(d) Never.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What technique is used in the phrase: "feel the painful recapture of their bodies by their startled blood" (5)?

4. Why do cars honk at the boys as they are crossing the bridge?

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

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