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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Part 2 (pages 143-156).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only traditional item of clothing that the Indian wears who grew up living on an island in the lake, according to the narrator in Chapter 3?
(a) Moccasins.
(b) A feather headdress.
(c) A fur cape.
(d) A wampum.

2. What town do George and Kathleen walk toward when they find the doctor's house missing in Chapter 2?
(a) Camden.
(b) Cabbot.
(c) Malvern.
(d) West Cove.

3. What ailment has Marjorie suffered from all of her life?
(a) Manic depression.
(b) Epilepsy.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Asthma.

4. How far is the walk from George's house to the doctor's house in Chapter 2?
(a) 10 miles.
(b) 5 miles.
(c) 1 mile.
(d) 2 miles.

5. What does Howard witness a fish do as he sits in the pond watching the Indian in Chapter 3?
(a) A fish jumps down the Indian's throat.
(b) A fish leaps from the water and flies away.
(c) A fish transforms into an ostrich.
(d) A fish leaps onto land and walks away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word is used in Chapter 1 to refer to angels?

2. What disorder causes George to shake as he is shaved?

3. What game do George and Ray regularly play in the Morrells' old curing shed?

4. On what day of the week does George run away from home in Chapter 2?

5. The narrator says in Chapter 3 as Howard searches the woods for his father, "The tom-tom tap of a pileated woodpecker sounded from somewhere in the woods, to Howard's left." What literary device is used in this sentence?

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