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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 author did the hermit whose tooth Howard pulls attend college with, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Percy Shelley.
(b) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) Nathaniel Hawthorne.

2. Where does the narrator describe seeing a clock "that had the likeness of a great oak tree wrought in iron and brass around its dial" in Chapter 1?
(a) Western Georgia.
(b) Northern Ireland.
(c) Eastern Bohemia.
(d) Central China.

3. When is the autograph dated in the novel that Howard receives as a gift from the hermit in Chapter 1?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1852.

4. What type of vehicle does Howard drive for a living seventy years before George's death?
(a) A wagon.
(b) A taxi.
(c) A school bus.
(d) A limousine.

5. What does George put the wrapped dead mouse inside of in Chapter 2?
(a) A cookie jar.
(b) A matchbox.
(c) A shoebox.
(d) A jewelry box.

Short Answer Questions

1. The hermit whose tooth Howard pulls is described in Chapter 1 as living in the woods by what river?

2. What are the names of George's two daughters?

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

4. What is the name of George's sister that runs shrieking into the house whenever she sees wasps or spiders when they are young?

5. What natural phenomenon does Howard compare his seizures to in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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