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

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

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

4. How do the boys know whose car they are looking at in the water?
(a) It has a distinctive color and shape.
(b) They can see the dead man's face.
(c) The dead man's wallet is in the weeds by the shore.
(d) They can see the license plate.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is with Cece Ferns at the river in the narrative present?

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

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

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

5. In describing the boys on their way back to town, what does the narrator say they are like?

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