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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Part 1, Chapters 4 - 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sound draws Susannah and Roland away from shooting practice in Chapter 1?
(a) The approach of a stranger.
(b) A bomb going off in the distance.
(c) Answering gunshots.
(d) Crashing trees.

2. What is unusual about Mir's head?
(a) It has an extra mouth.
(b) It is missing both eyes.
(c) It has a radar-like dish on it.
(d) It has a large tumor.

3. What is the voice Eddie hears in his head as he carves saying to him?
(a) The voice calls him weak, a sissy for carving.
(b) The voice tells him how beautiful his work is.
(c) The voice ridicules him for not doing better.
(d) The voice encourages him to do better.

4. Who is the first person Susannah thinks of in Chapter 1 as she listens to the falling trees?
(a) Eddie.
(b) Roland.
(c) Odetta.
(d) Herself.

5. Whose voice does Eddie hear in his head as he carves in Chapter 3?
(a) Susannah's.
(b) Henry's.
(c) His mother's.
(d) Roland's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who finally shoots and kills Mir in Chapter 8?

2. Why does Eddie decide he could never be better at anything than Henry in Chapter 3?

3. Which guardian does Roland talk about in a poem taught him by his nursemaid?

4. What does Eddie often see in a piece of wood?

5. What is Eddie carving in Chapter 4?

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