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

2. 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?
(a) The Levansellers.
(b) The Montgomery's.
(c) The Newcastles.
(d) The Wilsons.

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

4. What word used in Chapter 3 means characterized by low buffoonery?
(a) Scurrilous.
(b) Epidemic.
(c) Intrinsic.
(d) Articulate.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 3 refers to a circle of the earth passing through the poles and the observer's zenith?

2. What is the name of the nineteen-year-old who has Howard cut his hair in Chapter 1?

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

4. Whose neighboring corn field does Howard pass through as he looks for his father in the woods in Chapter 3?

5. What does Howard's mother cook for breakfast the morning after Howard's father has been taken away in Chapter 3?

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