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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 do the boys think Jutland is named after?
(a) The peninsular shape of the land.
(b) The town founder's birthplace.
(c) A famous WWI battle.
(d) The ruins of a dam across the river.

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

3. What is in the red box in the museum?
(a) Porcelain insulators.
(b) Optometrist's instruments.
(c) Old photographs.
(d) Donations to keep the museum running.

4. 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) Fragment for effect.
(b) Juxtaposition.
(c) Simile.
(d) Cacophony.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do the boys know whose car they are looking at in the water?

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

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

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

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