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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: "Heart Failure" Pages 31-43.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the men in town call the boys when they are in a good mood and want to seem friendly?
(a) Sirs.
(b) Lads.
(c) Boys.
(d) Young fellows.

2. To what does the narrator compare Mr. Willens's arm, floating in the water?
(a) A mermaid's hair.
(b) An animal tail.
(c) Seaweed.
(d) A dead fish.

3. What technique is used in the phrase: "feel the painful recapture of their bodies by their startled blood" (5)?
(a) Personification.
(b) Synechdoche.
(c) Synesthesia.
(d) Metonymy.

4. 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.

5. What does the narrator say is the problem with Jimmy's grandmother's cooking?
(a) She is inattentive and careless.
(b) She makes unnecessary changes in recipes to save money.
(c) Her taste buds have gotten less sensitive and she over-salts everything.
(d) She is not used to cooking for so many people and there is never enough food.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides "lazy," what is another word that Bud might use to describe his sisters?

2. What do the boys buy at Paquette's Service Station?

3. What is the Willens house known for?

4. When Enid makes up her mind about nursing school, what question does her mother ask her, on page 40?

5. When the boys tell Captain Tervitt what they discovered, why does he not take them to make a police report?

(see the answer key)

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