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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: "Jutland" Pages 16-31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Willens make an allusion to when she is talking with the boys?
(a) Rembrandt.
(b) Mozart.
(c) Gaul.
(d) World War II.

2. What does Cece's mother usually do after their midday meal?
(a) Go to church.
(b) Go to her sister's.
(c) Go back to bed.
(d) Go to work.

3. Why is Walley especially crowded on the day the boys are walking to the police station?
(a) One of the mills is hiring and people have come from all over looking for work.
(b) It is Canada Day weekend.
(c) The country people are in town because it is Saturday.
(d) There is a county fair happening.

4. What is implied when the boys kick and stomp the sand?
(a) They are trying to put out the beginning of a wildfire.
(b) They are trying to kick sand in each other's faces.
(c) They are trying to destroy any turtle nests that might be there.
(d) They are trying to hide their own tracks.

5. To what does the narrator compare Mr. Willens's arm, floating in the water?
(a) A mermaid's hair.
(b) Seaweed.
(c) An animal tail.
(d) A dead fish.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What dessert does Bud get in trouble for picking at before dinner?

4. What is the best description of the narrator's tone when the narrator is describing the boys' business plans?

5. 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)?

(see the answer key)

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