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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gunnar's mother do about his getting in trouble?
(a) Makes him attend church.
(b) Makes him join the Cub Scouts.
(c) Makes him go to the Boy's Club.
(d) Makes him give up his bike for a year.

2. What is the neighborhood at the top of the hill from Gunnar's neighborhood?
(a) Hollywood Heights.
(b) Waldenburg.
(c) Cheviot Heights.
(d) Wayneville.

3. Where does Gunnar go to avoid trouble?
(a) Sears Roebuck.
(b) Walmart.
(c) Montgomery Wards.
(d) J.C. Penny's.

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

5. Why do two police officers come to Gunnar's house a couple of weeks after they move there?
(a) To talk to his mother about his father.
(b) To bring a fire code sticker.
(c) To see that the family has settled in well.
(d) To warn Gunnar about illegal activities.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to the school to give health examinations?

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

3. For what does Gunnar say he has been conscripted?

4. What is one thing about Gunnar that shocks a young black man Gunnar stops for directions?

5. What did Swen want to do for a living?

(see the answer key)

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