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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does George live in 1953?
(a) Boston, Massachusetts.
(b) Enon, Massachusetts.
(c) Cleveland, Ohio.
(d) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

2. What word from Chapter 3 refers to a circle of the earth passing through the poles and the observer's zenith?
(a) Atmosphere.
(b) Circumspect.
(c) Meridian.
(d) Circumference.

3. How much money does Edward Billings pay George to repair the clock at the bank in Chapter 4?
(a) $100.
(b) $400.
(c) $300.
(d) $200.

4. What kind of wood was Howard's father's canoe made from that he recalls in Chapter 3?
(a) Pine.
(b) Ash.
(c) Willow.
(d) Birch.

5. What does Howard's mother cook for breakfast the morning after Howard's father has been taken away in Chapter 3?
(a) Oatmeal.
(b) Blueberry muffins.
(c) Porridge.
(d) Pancakes.

6. As Howard stands in the silt of the pond outlet in the woods in Chapter 3, the narrator describes the sticks and branches on the pond bed as feeling like what to him?
(a) Bones.
(b) Stones.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Engine parts.

7. What is referred to in Chapter 4 as "that part of a clock which keeps time"?
(a) The going train.
(b) The pinion.
(c) The dulcimer.
(d) The escape wheel.

8. What velvet-antlered animals are described in the "Cometa Borealis" excerpt in Chapter 4?
(a) White-tailed deer.
(b) Mule deer.
(c) Caribou.
(d) Goats.

9. What word from Chapter 4 means serving as a relief?
(a) Exorbitant.
(b) Demonstrative.
(c) Palliative.
(d) Corrective.

10. What are the men wearing as they wait outside to take Howard's father away in Chapter 3?
(a) White coats and hats.
(b) Blue hospital uniforms.
(c) Blue coats and hats.
(d) Black coats and hats.

11. How many men are waiting outside when Howard's father is taken away in Chapter 3?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

12. The narrator says of George as he dies in Chapter 4, "His bloodless legs were hard like wood." What literary device is used in this sentence?
(a) Literary allusion.
(b) Forced perspective.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Simile.

13. The Zulu people that are mentioned in the novel are an ethnic group from where?
(a) South America.
(b) Northern Africa.
(c) Eastern Europe.
(d) Southern Africa.

14. What does Howard witness his father trying to grab from a barrel during his mental decline in Chapter 3?
(a) A kitten.
(b) A gun.
(c) A loaf of bread.
(d) An apple.

15. How does the narrator describe George's wife's cooking in Chapter 4?
(a) Mediocre.
(b) Very fatty.
(c) Very good.
(d) Very bad.

Short Answer Questions

1. George awakens for the last time how many hours before he dies in Chapter 4?

2. What does Howard witness a fish do as he sits in the pond watching the Indian in Chapter 3?

3. What word used by Howard in Chapter 3 means anxious or concerned?

4. What is the only traditional item of clothing that the Indian wears who grew up living on an island in the lake, according to the narrator in Chapter 3?

5. Of his parents, Howard says in Chapter 3, "That he and my mother should wrestle him into his clothes in the dark seemed" what?

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