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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Edward Billings is the manager of what bank frequented by George?
(a) The Salem Five Bank.
(b) The Rollins-Dunn Bank.
(c) The Bank of America.
(d) The Rochester County Bank.

2. What word in Chapter 3 refers to a repository for relics?
(a) Reliquary.
(b) Colloquialism.
(c) Cantrell.
(d) Illuminant.

3. Where does Megan go to tend to her ill mother in 1953?
(a) Boston.
(b) Pittsburgh.
(c) New York.
(d) Cleveland.

4. What is the first step in the excerpt called "How to Make a Bird's Nest" in Chapter 4?
(a) Take a piece of yarn.
(b) Take a piece of rotten cardboard.
(c) Take a wafer of tinker's tin.
(d) Punch holes near the base of the triangle.

5. What does Howard witness a fish do as he sits in the pond watching the Indian in Chapter 3?
(a) A fish transforms into an ostrich.
(b) A fish leaps from the water and flies away.
(c) A fish jumps down the Indian's throat.
(d) A fish leaps onto land and walks away.

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

7. 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?
(a) A fur cape.
(b) A feather headdress.
(c) A wampum.
(d) Moccasins.

8. Approximately how old is George as he lay dying in the novel?
(a) 70.
(b) 60.
(c) 90.
(d) 80.

9. How does Howard describe his father's mental deterioration in Chapter 3?
(a) It seemed like my father became electrified.
(b) It seemed as though my father just vanished completely in one breath.
(c) It seemed to me as if my father simply faded away.
(d) It seemed that one day my father awoke and was no longer himself.

10. What month is it when Howard describes his mother helping his father dress before his father is taken away in Chapter 3?
(a) April.
(b) March.
(c) January.
(d) September.

11. What word used to describe the Indian in Chapter 3 means relating to a former or more primitive type?
(a) Atavistic.
(b) Metaphoric.
(c) Cultivated.
(d) Altruistic.

12. How much money is hidden in George's workbench downstairs in Chapter 4?
(a) $6,220.
(b) $1,200.
(c) $2,400.
(d) $3,540.

13. What word used in Chapter 4 refers to incised carving, or ornamentation with a figure or design sunk below the surface?
(a) Particulate.
(b) Proscenium.
(c) Relief.
(d) Intaglio.

14. When Howard's mother helps his father dress before he is taken away in Chapter 3, Howard describes it as appearing as though she is dressing what?
(a) An otter.
(b) A puppy.
(c) A scarecrow.
(d) A child.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are George's daughters that sit with him and his wife at dinner as Howard rings the bell in 1953?

2. Howard says the following in Chapter 3: "My mother opened the outside door and the light came in and carved every object in the kitchen into an ancient relic." What literary device is used in this sentence?

3. What month is it when Howard dies in Chapter 4?

4. Nikki Bocheki is described in Chapter 4 as an acquaintance of George's from where?

5. What religion is Megan's mother said to be in Chapter 4?

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