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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 name of Howard's mule?
(a) Prince Edward.
(b) Napoleon.
(c) Peter the Great.
(d) Clara.

2. Who is Sam's mother in the novel?
(a) Betsy.
(b) Claire.
(c) Marjorie.
(d) Emma.

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

4. What is the name of the hospital that Kathleen has gotten a pamphlet for in Chapter 2?
(a) Long Island Insane Asylum.
(b) Boston Home for the Mentally Disabled.
(c) The Eastern Maine State Hospital.
(d) Bellevue Home for the Mentally Disabled.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Howard witness a fish do as he sits in the pond watching the Indian in Chapter 3?

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

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

4. What word in Chapter 3 refers to a repository for relics?

5. Where did the local Indian work for many summers cutting wood, according to the narrator in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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