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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Part 1 (pages 71-90).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Howard's family's dog in Chapter 2?
(a) Buddy.
(b) Spot.
(c) Roger.
(d) Socks.

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

3. How many hours before he dies does George ask for a shave?
(a) 126 hours.
(b) 116 hours.
(c) 156 hours.
(d) 96 hours.

4. How many hours before his death does the narrator in Chapter 1 say George sneaked "into the basement window of the West Cove Methodist Church" and rang the bell on Halloween night?
(a) 168 hours.
(b) 625 hours.
(c) 24 hours.
(d) 215 hours.

5. What is the name of the bootlegger that Howard sells five gallons of homemade whiskey for as an odd job?
(a) Anderson.
(b) Williams.
(c) Potts.
(d) Smith.

Short Answer Questions

1. How often does the narrator say Kathleen washes her hair in the summer in Chapter 2?

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

3. Who built George's house?

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

5. What does George's mother serve for Christmas dinner on the night that George witnesses his father's seizure?

(see the answer key)

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