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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Man Who Taught Latin to Cattle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Murray spend most of his childhood?
(a) Traveling.
(b) Singing with a group.
(c) Playing soccer with an elite team.
(d) Being alone.

2. Where were George Merrett and his wife originally from?
(a) Derry.
(b) Gloucestershire.
(c) Hampshire.
(d) Lambeth.

3. How many years did it take to complete the Oxford English Dictionary?
(a) Forty.
(b) Seventy.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Sixty.

4. Murray was born next to the border of _________.
(a) Scotland.
(b) France.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Panama.

5. In what year was the Oxford English Dictionary completed?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1924.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1931.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time where the three shots fired in the opening of the book?

2. When does this story take place?

3. In what area of New London does the story open?

4. Who was the most famous editor of the Old English Dictionary?

5. In what city was Murray born?

(see the answer key)

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