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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 is the "Death Trap" (7)?
(a) A ruined mill.
(b) A sinkhole.
(c) A bridge.
(d) A dam.

2. What do the boys buy at Paquette's Service Station?
(a) Hot dogs.
(b) Candy.
(c) Ice cream.
(d) Cigarettes.

3. Where does Jimmy's mother work?
(a) The Duke of Cumberland.
(b) Honeker's Department Store.
(c) Paquette's Service Station.
(d) Shervill's Dairy Bar.

4. As the children watch the hand in the water, the narrator notes, "It rode there tremulously and irresolutely" (7). How did the hand move?
(a) In a gentle, calming way.
(b) In an uncertain, unsteady way.
(c) In a mechanical, jerking way.
(d) In a violent, angry way.

5. When Mrs. Willens sees the boys in front of her house, what does she do?
(a) Goes back in the house to get them some cookies.
(b) Tells them to stop standing in the street staring.
(c) Asks them if they have seen her husband.
(d) Offers them some forsythia to take home to their mothers.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What kind of business do the boys talk about setting up?

5. What does Jimmy get embarrassed by as they walk downtown?

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