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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Part 1 (pages 157-176).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Howard witness a fish do as he sits in the pond watching the Indian in Chapter 3?
(a) A fish leaps from the water and flies away.
(b) A fish jumps down the Indian's throat.
(c) A fish leaps onto land and walks away.
(d) A fish transforms into an ostrich.

2. What does George make a small canoe from for the dead mouse in Chapter 2?
(a) Notebook paper.
(b) Oak bark.
(c) Newspaper.
(d) Birch bark.

3. What is referred to in Chapter 4 as "that part of a clock which keeps time"?
(a) The pinion.
(b) The going train.
(c) The escape wheel.
(d) The dulcimer.

4. What does George's collapsing house symbolize in the novel?
(a) The disintegration of George's family.
(b) George's body.
(c) George's wife.
(d) The government.

5. What is the name of the wheat planter in Roman times that is described in Chapter 3?
(a) Andrus.
(b) Lucian.
(c) Julius.
(d) Brutus.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Howard's mother helps his father dress before he is taken away in Chapter 3, Howard describes it as appearing as though she is dressing what?

2. What is the only traditional item of clothing that the Indian wears who grew up living on an island in the lake, according to the narrator in Chapter 3?

3. What town do George and Kathleen walk toward when they find the doctor's house missing in Chapter 2?

4. What kind of car is Nikki Bocheki driving when he visits George in Chapter 4?

5. What game do Howard and George play on the porch when George is a child in Chapter 2?

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