View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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) Plaster.
(c) A doctor.
(d) An ambulance.

4. Of Kathleen's strict demeanor, the narrator says in Chapter 2, "She could not live with herself if she allowed herself to believe that she treated her own this way because she felt no more connected to them than she would to" what?
(a) A Christmas goose.
(b) A collection of stones.
(c) A pet dog.
(d) A pile of dirt.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What town do George and Kathleen walk toward when they find the doctor's house missing in Chapter 2?

2. What is the name of Howard's supplier for trade items?

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

4. What has the Morrells' curing shed been converted into when George runs away in Chapter 2?

5. Who built George's house?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 233 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample