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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 sport does Ezra Morrell love and follow?
(a) Baseball.
(b) Polo.
(c) Football.
(d) Hockey.

2. What does George wrap the dead mouse with in Chapter 2?
(a) A blanket.
(b) Silk.
(c) Newspaper.
(d) A cardigan.

3. At what age did George retire?
(a) 70.
(b) 65.
(c) 75.
(d) 60.

4. What animals circle Howard's cart in the field before moving on in the end of Chapter 2?
(a) Pigeons.
(b) Cows.
(c) Wolves.
(d) Turkeys.

5. What does George ask his family to get when he first rises in bed in the beginning of the novel?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A car.
(c) An ambulance.
(d) Plaster.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has George's hospital bed been placed in the beginning of the novel?

2. The one occurrence when George witnesses one of his father's grand mal seizures is during Christmas dinner in what year?

3. What does George's collapsing house symbolize in the novel?

4. What does George dream is biting his hand as he lay in his parents' bed after getting stitches in Chapter 2?

5. 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?

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