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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Soldier Home: Summer People.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nick's father clean while mulling over the fight with the man?
(a) His pipe.
(b) Fish.
(c) His shotgun.
(d) His boots.

2. Which of the following does Nick NOT think about in order to stay awake?
(a) His most distant memory.
(b) Fishing for trout in the streams of his childhood.
(c) Going into battle again.
(d) Everyone he has ever met.

3. What do Nick and Bill drink at the cabin?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Beer.
(d) Bourbon.

4. Why does Nick feel alienated from three of the boys?
(a) They do not speak the same language.
(b) He is much older than the others.
(c) Their injuries were in combat while his injury was an accident.
(d) They are of different religions.

5. Where does Nick fear the wardens will send him back to?
(a) Prison.
(b) Jail.
(c) Boarding school.
(d) Church camp.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the crooks in the story?

2. Nick says that every time he went to battle, he ____________.

3. What occupation did some of the Indians have in Petoskey?

4. What is unknown about the stories?

5. What emotion does Nick recall having?

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