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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Franz do for the rest of his life?
(a) Polish Compton's shoes every night.
(b) Try to find Compton.
(c) Look for a new job.
(d) Goes to the train station every evening.

2. How did Swen leave home?
(a) Stow away on a ship.
(b) On horseback.
(c) By train.
(d) Walking.

3. Who comes to the school to give health examinations?
(a) Federal Health Department staff.
(b) Volunteer parents who are in the health care profession.
(c) City health workers.
(d) A volunteer doctor with nurses.

4. What is the racial mix of Gunnar's school?
(a) Mostly white.
(b) About 80% black and white and 20% Hispanic.
(c) Mostly Hispanic.
(d) Mostly black.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wolfgang do for a living?

2. Where does Gunnar's father work?

3. Why did Gunnar get in trouble sometimes at the beach?

4. What emotion does Swen inspire in the people around him?

5. What kind of stories does Gunnar's mother tell him?

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