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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Part 1 (pages 157-176).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days before he dies does George begin hallucinating?
(a) Three days before he dies.
(b) Six days before he dies.
(c) Two days before he dies.
(d) Eight days before he dies.

2. How many hours before his death does the narrator in Chapter 1 say George sneaked "into the basement window of the West Cove Methodist Church" and rang the bell on Halloween night?
(a) 625 hours.
(b) 215 hours.
(c) 24 hours.
(d) 168 hours.

3. Who do Margie and Darla pretend that their dolls are when they play after dinner in Chapter 2?
(a) Sandra Bernhardt and Emily Chase.
(b) Marilyn Monroe and Grace Kelly.
(c) Betty Ford and Nancy Reagan.
(d) Susan B. Anthony and Betsy Ross.

4. Where was George's cancer for which he first underwent radiation therapy?
(a) His neck.
(b) His leg.
(c) His groin.
(d) His brain.

5. What type of vehicle does Howard drive for a living seventy years before George's death?
(a) A wagon.
(b) A taxi.
(c) A school bus.
(d) A limousine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has George worked at filling his safety deposit boxes full of, according to the narrator in Chapter 4?

2. Howard says of his father in Chapter 3, "The world fell away from my father the way he fell away from us. We became" what?

3. What book is cited with the description of the inner workings of a clock in Chapter 4?

4. What word in Chapter 3 refers to a repository for relics?

5. How much money does Edward Billings pay George to repair the clock at the bank in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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