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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 is the name of Howard's mule?
(a) Napoleon.
(b) Prince Edward.
(c) Peter the Great.
(d) Clara.

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

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

4. What is the name of the hermit whose tooth Howard pulls in Chapter 1?
(a) La Rose.
(b) Cullen.
(c) Melish.
(d) Gilbert.

5. At what age did George retire?
(a) 65.
(b) 60.
(c) 75.
(d) 70.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disorder causes George to shake as he is shaved?

2. What three states does the narrator say George's grandchildren are visiting from in the beginning of the novel?

3. Who is the author of The Reasonable Horologist that is quoted in Chapter 1?

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

5. What is the name of the bootlegger that Howard sells five gallons of homemade whiskey for as an odd job?

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