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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. 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) Alliteration.
(b) Personification.
(c) Literary allusion.
(d) Simile.

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

3. Who is the doctor that Kathleen plans to take George to after his hand has been bitten in Chapter 2?
(a) Dr. Box.
(b) Dr. Jenkins.
(c) Dr. Gilbert.
(d) Dr. Butler.

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

5. Of Howard, the narrator says in Chapter 2, "His despair had not come from the fact that he was a fool; he knew he was a fool. His despair came from" what?
(a) The fact that his father saw him as a fool.
(b) The fact that his wife saw him as a fool.
(c) The fact that his mother saw him as a fool.
(d) The fact that the world around him saw him as a fool.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of liquor does Howard keep a few bottles of in his secret drawer as a tradesman?

2. The narrator says of Kathleen in Chapter 2 that her "stern manner and her humorless regime mask" what?

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

4. The narrator says of Howard in Chapter 2, "He resented his resentment because it was a sign of" what?

5. What month is it when Howard leaves his family in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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