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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Part 2 (pages 91-126).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does George's mother serve for Christmas dinner on the night that George witnesses his father's seizure?
(a) Glazed ham.
(b) Roast turkey.
(c) Roasted goose.
(d) Roast beef.

2. What is the "eighth planet, named after the king of the sea"?
(a) Pluto.
(b) Mars.
(c) Jupiter.
(d) Neptune.

3. What does George wrap the dead mouse with in Chapter 2?
(a) Silk.
(b) A blanket.
(c) Newspaper.
(d) A cardigan.

4. What does George's mother stuff into Howard's mouth to prevent him from biting his tongue when he has a seizure at Christmas dinner in Chapter 2?
(a) A broomstick.
(b) An oven mitt.
(c) A spoon.
(d) A dish towel.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How far is the walk from George's house to the doctor's house in Chapter 2?

3. What is Howard's middle name?

4. How many days before he dies does George begin hallucinating?

5. What month is it every year when Howard meets with the hermit in Chapter 1?

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