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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. Who do Margie and Darla pretend that their dolls are when they play after dinner in Chapter 2?
(a) Sandra Bernhardt and Emily Chase.
(b) Betty Ford and Nancy Reagan.
(c) Marilyn Monroe and Grace Kelly.
(d) Susan B. Anthony and Betsy Ross.

2. Why is Howard paid to shoot a dog, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) The dog attacked a child.
(b) The dog has mange.
(c) The dog is rabid.
(d) The dog attacked a farmer's chickens.

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

4. What does Howard give the hermit to drink before he pulls his tooth in Chapter 1?
(a) Red wine.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Corn whiskey.
(d) Bathtub gin.

5. Who are the neighbors that Howard goes to in order to borrow a horse to look for George after he's run away in Chapter 2?
(a) The Newcastles.
(b) The Levansellers.
(c) The Montgomery's.
(d) The Wilsons.

Short Answer Questions

1. The one occurrence when George witnesses one of his father's grand mal seizures is during Christmas dinner in what year?

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

3. What name has Joe given to the bearskin rug in the Crosby home?

4. Who agrees to shave George in Chapter 1?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What relationship does George Washington Crosby have with clocks in the novel? How did this relationship begin?

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

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

4. What "odd jobs" of Howard Crosby's are described in Chapter 1?

5. How is George's condition described in the beginning of Chapter 1? Where is George located, and what does he ask for when he first awakens?

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

7. How is the setting described when George awakens "one hundred and thirty-two hours" before he dies in Chapter 1?

8. What memories of George's are described "one hundred and sixty-eight hours" before George's death in Chapter 1?

9. 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?

10. How is Kathleen's behavior described when Howard Crosby arrives home late after having a seizure in Chapter 1, Part 2?

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