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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 disorder causes George to shake as he is shaved?
(a) Epilepsy.
(b) Muscular dystrophy.
(c) Cerebral palsy.
(d) Parkinson's disease.

2. What month is it every year when Howard meets with the hermit in Chapter 1?
(a) May.
(b) July.
(c) August.
(d) September.

3. Who is George's grandson that appears to be reading to him when he awakens in Chapter 1?
(a) Charlie.
(b) Andrew.
(c) Sam.
(d) Roger.

4. Where did the hermit whose tooth Howard pulls attend college?
(a) Rutgers University.
(b) Yale University.
(c) Harvard College.
(d) Bowdoin College.

5. How many hours before he dies does George ask for a shave?
(a) 156 hours.
(b) 126 hours.
(c) 96 hours.
(d) 116 hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. The hospital that Kathleen has a pamphlet for in Chapter 2 is located by what river?

2. What kind of wood was Howard's father's canoe made from that he recalls in Chapter 3?

3. Who does the narrator describe as having gone mad and lit his house on fire, killing himself and a woman with two children, in Chapter 2?

4. What author did the hermit whose tooth Howard pulls attend college with, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

5. What word used to describe the Indian in Chapter 3 means relating to a former or more primitive type?

(see the answer key)

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