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

2. What does the overgrown plant life sometimes cause to happen at Jutland?
(a) The turnaround for cars gets too overgrown to use.
(b) The thick underbrush sometimes catches fire.
(c) Children sometimes get lost in the area.
(d) Hikers do not always see bears in time to get away.

3. What does Cece's mother say she can smell on him?
(a) Beer.
(b) The river.
(c) Cigarette smoke.
(d) The wind.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What first causes the boys to notice the submerged car?

2. What do the men in town call the boys when they are in a good mood and want to seem friendly?

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

4. What does Mrs. Willens make an allusion to when she is talking with the boys?

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

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