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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 ailment does Howard suffer from?
(a) Blindness.
(b) Epilepsy.
(c) Asthma.
(d) Tuberculosis.
2. What is the name of Howard's supplier for trade items?
(a) Sam.
(b) Cullen.
(c) Gilbert.
(d) Russell.
3. What is the name of Howard's family's cat in Chapter 2?
(a) Socks.
(b) Russell.
(c) Buddy.
(d) Mittens.
4. Where did the hermit whose tooth Howard pulls attend college?
(a) Harvard College.
(b) Bowdoin College.
(c) Yale University.
(d) Rutgers University.
5. What is the name of Ezra Morell's son and George's childhood best friend?
(a) Edgar Morell.
(b) Billy Morell.
(c) James Morell.
(d) Ray Morell.
Short Answer Questions
1. The drowned child that Howard fishes from a creek is the daughter of what widow?
2. Where is George's workshop located?
3. What does George's collapsing house symbolize in the novel?
4. What is the "eighth planet, named after the king of the sea"?
5. What is the name of the man driving the flatbed truck as the doctor's house is moved in Chapter 2?
Short Essay Questions
1. What "odd jobs" of Howard Crosby's are described in Chapter 1?
2. How does George become injured when he witnesses his father's seizure in Chapter 2, Part 1?
3. How is the natural phenomenon of lightning used as a metaphor in Chapter 1?
4. Where does George go when he runs away from home in Chapter 2, Part 2? What does he take with him?
5. How does Howard find George after he's run away from home in Chapter 2, Part 2? What are his thoughts upon finding his son?
6. What does George discover in his mother's pamphlet in Chapter 2, Part 2? How does she respond when she finds him reading it?
7. What prompts Howard's decision to leave his family in Chapter 2, Part 2? Is this action a selfish or selfless act?
8. What is signified by Howard's action of building a fire after his seizure in Chapter 1, Part 2?
9. How is the setting described when George awakens "one hundred and thirty-two hours" before he dies in Chapter 1?
10. When is the only occurrence when George witnesses firsthand one of his father's seizures?
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