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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doesn't Compton return home one night?
(a) He dies during the trip.
(b) Lincoln wants him in Washington all the time.
(c) He runs away from home.
(d) He falls in love with a girl in Washington.

2. What does Gunnar notice when he looks at the photographs in the display cases on his first day of school?
(a) How only the good looking students are shown.
(b) That the students in the first years of the school look older.
(c) How much the clothing has changed in fifty years.
(d) How the racial demographics have changed over the years.

3. For what is Franz assigned on the plantation where he lives?
(a) To serve the master.
(b) To pick tobacco.
(c) To serve the master's son.
(d) To be the front door butler.

4. What is Gunnar's mother tired of seeing her children do all the time?
(a) Make fun of the neighbors.
(b) Stay in the house.
(c) Get into trouble.
(d) Fight with each other.

5. What emotion does Swen inspire in the people around him?
(a) Hate.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Joy.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Franz do for the rest of his life?

2. How many siblings does Gunnar have?

3. What class does Gunnar chose for his second semester?

4. What does Gunnar enjoy at Nick's house?

5. In what subject is Nick Scoby most interested?

(see the answer key)

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