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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. How many stitches does the doctor give George after his hand has been bitten in Chapter 2?
(a) 10.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 7.

2. As Howard stands in the silt of the pond outlet in the woods in Chapter 3, the narrator describes the sticks and branches on the pond bed as feeling like what to him?
(a) Stones.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Engine parts.
(d) Bones.

3. What shoes does Howard wear when he goes into the woods to look for his father after he's been taken away in Chapter 3?
(a) His rain boots.
(b) His brother's sneakers.
(c) His father's boots.
(d) His mother's slippers.

4. What kind of wood was Howard's father's canoe made from that he recalls in Chapter 3?
(a) Pine.
(b) Ash.
(c) Willow.
(d) Birch.

5. What is the name of the nineteen-year-old who has Howard cut his hair in Chapter 1?
(a) Jasper.
(b) Andrew.
(c) Melish.
(d) Jack.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Howard's mule?

2. What word used in Chapter 3 means characterized by low buffoonery?

3. The drowned child that Howard fishes from a creek is the daughter of what widow?

4. Who are the neighbors that Howard goes to in order to borrow a horse to look for George after he's run away in Chapter 2?

5. How old is Ray Morrell when George runs away to his father's property in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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