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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. The drowned child that Howard fishes from a creek is the daughter of what widow?
(a) La Rose.
(b) Jameson.
(c) Petrie.
(d) Anderson.

2. Where is George's workshop located?
(a) In town.
(b) In the backyard.
(c) In the attic.
(d) In the basement.

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

4. What historic people does Howard think of as he watches George set aflame the funeral pyre for the mouse in Chapter 2?
(a) The Vikings.
(b) The ancient Egyptians.
(c) The Aztecs.
(d) The Mayans.

5. How many hours before he dies does George ask for a shave?
(a) 116 hours.
(b) 156 hours.
(c) 126 hours.
(d) 96 hours.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What religious denomination does the narrator say George settled on after being a Methodist and a Congregationalist in Chapter 1?

3. What game do George and Ray regularly play in the Morrells' old curing shed?

4. What natural phenomenon does Howard compare his seizures to in Chapter 1?

5. Where does the narrator describe seeing a clock "that had the likeness of a great oak tree wrought in iron and brass around its dial" in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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