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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Part 2 (pages 36-70).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ailment has Marjorie suffered from all of her life?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Epilepsy.
(c) Manic depression.
(d) Asthma.

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

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

4. The hermit whose tooth Howard pulls is described in Chapter 1 as living in the woods by what river?
(a) The Ohio River.
(b) The Arkansas River.
(c) The Colorado River.
(d) The Penobscot River.

5. What disorder causes George to shake as he is shaved?
(a) Muscular dystrophy.
(b) Parkinson's disease.
(c) Cerebral palsy.
(d) Epilepsy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is George's grandson that appears to be reading to him when he awakens in Chapter 1?

2. What is the name of the nineteen-year-old who has Howard cut his hair in Chapter 1?

3. Why is Howard paid to shoot a dog, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

4. What is the name of the hermit whose tooth Howard pulls in Chapter 1?

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

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