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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the man driving the flatbed truck as the doctor's house is moved in Chapter 2?
(a) Kenner Davenport.
(b) Ray Morell.
(c) Bill Smith.
(d) Dan Cooper.

2. What is the name of the nineteen-year-old who has Howard cut his hair in Chapter 1?
(a) Melish.
(b) Andrew.
(c) Jack.
(d) Jasper.

3. 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 black bear.
(d) A white horse.

4. What does George make a small canoe from for the dead mouse in Chapter 2?
(a) Notebook paper.
(b) Oak bark.
(c) Newspaper.
(d) Birch bark.

5. Where has George's hospital bed been placed in the beginning of the novel?
(a) In the living room.
(b) In Charlie's bedroom.
(c) In the attic.
(d) In George's bedroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Howard paid to shoot a dog, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

2. Who is Sam's mother in the novel?

3. What kind of liquor does Howard keep a few bottles of in his secret drawer as a tradesman?

4. Who is George's grandson that appears to be reading to him when he awakens in Chapter 1?

5. How old is Ray Morrell when George runs away to his father's property in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the doctor say after examining George's injury in Chapter 2, Part 2?

2. Where does George go when he runs away from home in Chapter 2, Part 2? What does he take with him?

3. How does the narrator describe George's attempt to make a memoir by cassette tape in Chapter 1?

4. What does George discover in his mother's pamphlet in Chapter 2, Part 2? How does she respond when she finds him reading it?

5. How would you describe George's relationship to animals and nature based upon his actions in Chapter 2?

6. What does George think about as he begins his chores on Monday in Chapter 2, Part 1? What does Howard think about?

7. How would you compare the imagery of Howard's home and George's home in the novel?

8. How does the setting change in Chapter 1 when George's family leaves him to prepare lunch?

9. How does George become injured when he witnesses his father's seizure in Chapter 2, Part 1?

10. When is the only occurrence when George witnesses firsthand one of his father's seizures?

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