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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 words best characterize Jimmy's crowded family household?
(a) Polite, optimistic.
(b) Tense, anxious.
(c) Rigid, orderly.
(d) Chaotic, boisterous.

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

3. What is the best description of the narrator's tone when the narrator is describing the boys' business plans?
(a) Critical.
(b) Facetious.
(c) Wry.
(d) Respectful.

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

5. What do the boys think Jutland is named after?
(a) The town founder's birthplace.
(b) A famous WWI battle.
(c) The peninsular shape of the land.
(d) The ruins of a dam across the river.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What do the boys realize as they near the police station?

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?

5. What is Cece's mother wearing when he gets home?

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