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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. What part of a clock is described in Chapter 4 as "where the energy generated by the mainspring finally escapes the clock"?
(a) The pinion.
(b) The escapement.
(c) The going train.
(d) The gathering mallet.

2. What game do Howard and George play on the porch when George is a child in Chapter 2?
(a) Checkers.
(b) Chess.
(c) Poker.
(d) Cribbage.

3. What religious denomination does the narrator say George settled on after being a Methodist and a Congregationalist in Chapter 1?
(a) Baptist.
(b) Unitarian.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Jewish.

4. What is the name of the bootlegger that Howard sells five gallons of homemade whiskey for as an odd job?
(a) Potts.
(b) Williams.
(c) Smith.
(d) Anderson.

5. What word from Chapter 3 means characterized by length of speech or wordiness, or scattered?
(a) Arbitrary.
(b) Coercive.
(c) Diffuse.
(d) Articulate.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. The narrator says in Chapter 4, "The escapement on a clock consists of a collar on a pinion, called" what?

3. What is the first step in the excerpt called "How to Make a Bird's Nest" in Chapter 4?

4. The narrator says of Kathleen in Chapter 2, "Only her face is visible above the top of the bedcovers. It glows like a pale egg." What literary device is used in this example?

5. How many stitches does the doctor give George after his hand has been bitten in Chapter 2?

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