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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Part 1 (pages 127-142).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What historic people does Howard think of as he watches George set aflame the funeral pyre for the mouse in Chapter 2?
(a) The ancient Egyptians.
(b) The Vikings.
(c) The Aztecs.
(d) The Mayans.

2. Howard says the following in Chapter 3: "My mother opened the outside door and the light came in and carved every object in the kitchen into an ancient relic." What literary device is used in this sentence?
(a) Simile.
(b) Literary allusion.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Personification.

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

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

5. The Zulu people that are mentioned in the novel are an ethnic group from where?
(a) Eastern Europe.
(b) South America.
(c) Northern Africa.
(d) Southern Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Howard describe his father doing all of the time in Howard's childhood in Chapter 3?

2. What game do Howard and George play on the porch when George is a child in Chapter 2?

3. Where did the hermit whose tooth Howard pulls attend college?

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

5. What does Howard give the hermit to drink before he pulls his tooth in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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