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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. The narrator says of Kathleen in Chapter 2, "Only her face is visible above the top of the bedcovers. It glows like a pale egg." What literary device is used in this example?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Simile.

2. What was Kathleen's maiden name?
(a) Cobbler.
(b) Wilson.
(c) Black.
(d) Jackson.

3. What is the name of the nineteen-year-old who has Howard cut his hair in Chapter 1?
(a) Melish.
(b) Jack.
(c) Jasper.
(d) Andrew.

4. Where did the hermit whose tooth Howard pulls attend college?
(a) Bowdoin College.
(b) Yale University.
(c) Rutgers University.
(d) Harvard College.

5. 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 Colorado River.
(c) The Arkansas River.
(d) The Penobscot River.

Short Answer Questions

1. What historic people does Howard think of as he watches George set aflame the funeral pyre for the mouse in Chapter 2?

2. As Howard stands outside of his house, watching his children in the window in Chapter 2, he thinks, "I will pay my debts with" what?

3. What word is used in Chapter 1 to refer to angels?

4. What does George put the wrapped dead mouse inside of in Chapter 2?

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

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