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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 color is Kathleen's hair described as in Chapter 2?
(a) Auburn.
(b) Black.
(c) Blonde.
(d) Dark brown.

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

3. What three states does the narrator say George's grandchildren are visiting from in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Oregon, California, and Colorado.
(b) Mississippi, Ohio, and Indiana.
(c) Kansas, Georgia, and Washington.
(d) Arkansas, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.

4. The narrator says in Chapter 3 as Howard searches the woods for his father, "The tom-tom tap of a pileated woodpecker sounded from somewhere in the woods, to Howard's left." What literary device is used in this sentence?
(a) Literary allusion.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Simile.

5. Where is the hospital located that Kathleen has gotten a pamphlet for in Chapter 2?
(a) Boston, Massachusetts.
(b) Bangor, Maine.
(c) Cleveland, Ohio.
(d) New York, New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the names of George's two daughters?

2. What were Ed Titcomb and his friend doing when they came upon Howard in the woods in Chapter 3?

3. Where did the hermit whose tooth Howard pulls attend college?

4. The hermit whose tooth Howard pulls is described in Chapter 1 as living in the woods by what river?

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

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