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

2. What word used in Chapter 3 means concerned with relatively minor, irrelevant, or superficial aspects of something?
(a) Convenient.
(b) Arbitrary.
(c) Collapsed.
(d) Peripheral.

3. How often does the narrator say Kathleen washes her hair in the summer in Chapter 2?
(a) Once a month.
(b) Once a week.
(c) Twice a week.
(d) Twice a month.

4. How many days before he dies does George begin hallucinating?
(a) Two days before he dies.
(b) Eight days before he dies.
(c) Six days before he dies.
(d) Three days before he dies.

5. On what day of the week does George run away from home in Chapter 2?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Monday.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Howard's father's profession?

2. What is the name of Howard's family's dog in Chapter 2?

3. What are the men wearing as they wait outside to take Howard's father away in Chapter 3?

4. What is the name of the hermit whose tooth Howard pulls in Chapter 1?

5. The term "moors" from the novel was used in Europe to describe what group of people?

(see the answer key)

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