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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. Besides his cooking skills, what else does Cece not tell the other boys about?
(a) His father's drinking.
(b) His girlfriend.
(c) His hiding place.
(d) His mother's illness.

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

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

4. What is the Willens house known for?
(a) Its flowers.
(b) Its size.
(c) Its bright color.
(d) Its unusual roof.

5. What job does Cece take over for his mother when he gets home?
(a) Laundry.
(b) Mopping the floor.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Holding the baby.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What words best characterize Jimmy's crowded family household?

3. What change at home is implied to be the reason that Bud finally tells his mother what happened?

4. What caused Jimmy's father's disability?

5. As the children watch the hand in the water, the narrator notes, "It rode there tremulously and irresolutely" (7). How did the hand move?

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