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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. Where did the hermit whose tooth Howard pulls attend college?
(a) Rutgers University.
(b) Bowdoin College.
(c) Harvard College.
(d) Yale University.

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

3. What novel does Howard discover on his porch after pulling the hermit's tooth in Chapter 1?
(a) The Great Gatsby.
(b) To Have and Have Not.
(c) The Scarlet Letter.
(d) The Sun Also Rises.

4. The narrator says of Howard in Chapter 2, "He resented his resentment because it was a sign of" what?
(a) His own limitations of spirit and humility.
(b) His own loss of faith in the Bible.
(c) His own father's resentment.
(d) Apathy for the world as it spun around him.

5. What is Howard's middle name?
(a) James.
(b) Paul.
(c) William.
(d) Aaron.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day of the week does George run away from home in Chapter 2?

2. What religious denomination does the narrator say George settled on after being a Methodist and a Congregationalist in Chapter 1?

3. What word used in Chapter 3 refers to a didactic story which illustrates instructive lessons or principles?

4. 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?

5. Who agrees to shave George in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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