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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 did Cece Ferns and Ralph Diller find near the river the previous year?
(a) A gold coin.
(b) A pack of cigarettes.
(c) Shell casings from a rifle.
(d) A cow's hipbone.

3. What dessert does Bud get in trouble for picking at before dinner?
(a) Chocolate cake.
(b) Rhubarb pie.
(c) Carrot cake.
(d) Apple pie.

4. What is Captain Tervitt's current job?
(a) Town clerk.
(b) Special constable.
(c) None--he is retired.
(d) Ship's captain.

5. To what does the narrator compare a part of the retinoscope?
(a) A full moon.
(b) An elf's head.
(c) A shark's tooth.
(d) A mushroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is used in the phrase "the mirror beside the kitchen door with the shelf underneath always loaded with safety pins, bobby pins, pennies, buttons, bits of pencils" (17)?

2. What does the overgrown plant life sometimes cause to happen at Jutland?

3. Who is the author of "The Love of a Good Woman"?

4. How do the boys know whose car they are looking at in the water?

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

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