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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Part 2 (pages 143-156).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does George make a small canoe from for the dead mouse in Chapter 2?
(a) Notebook paper.
(b) Oak bark.
(c) Newspaper.
(d) Birch bark.

2. What were Ed Titcomb and his friend doing when they came upon Howard in the woods in Chapter 3?
(a) Hunting.
(b) Collecting arrowheads.
(c) Gathering firewood.
(d) Going to their mother's house.

3. Of his parents, Howard says in Chapter 3, "That he and my mother should wrestle him into his clothes in the dark seemed" what?
(a) Inhumane.
(b) Furtive and awful.
(c) Amusing and playful.
(d) Illogical and strange.

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

5. What does George dream is biting his hand as he lay in his parents' bed after getting stitches in Chapter 2?
(a) A grizzly bear.
(b) A black dog.
(c) A black bear.
(d) A white horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. The one occurrence when George witnesses one of his father's grand mal seizures is during Christmas dinner in what year?

2. Of Howard, the narrator says in Chapter 2, "His despair had not come from the fact that he was a fool; he knew he was a fool. His despair came from" what?

3. What sport does Ezra Morrell love and follow?

4. What is the name of the man driving the flatbed truck as the doctor's house is moved in Chapter 2?

5. What shoes does Howard wear when he goes into the woods to look for his father after he's been taken away in Chapter 3?

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