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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Dusty said to be in the opening of Chapter 11?
(a) 5 months old.
(b) 9 months old.
(c) 2 months old.
(d) 7 months old.

2. Why does Nick say New Jersey was a hotspot for making glass after the war?
(a) There is a lot of mica.
(b) There is a lot of talc.
(c) It is close to exporting ports.
(d) There is a lot of silica.

3. Who was on watch the night that Nick died?
(a) Iano.
(b) Tig.
(c) Willa.
(d) Zeke.

4. Who has shot Carruth in Chapter 14?
(a) Pardon Crandall.
(b) Samuel Wilbeforce.
(c) Captain Landis.
(d) Mr. Cutler.

5. What author wrote about wax myrtle, having made a tallow as an experiment, according to Mary in Chapter 8?
(a) Alfred Lord Tennyson.
(b) Henry David Thoreau.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) Percy Shelley.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the maid that helps Rose and Polly attain their mystery novels?

2. Willa compares listening to the news radio stations to listening to whom reporting on the alien invasion in Chapter 13?

3. Where has Dr. Treat been rumored to have run off with a woman in Chapter 2?

4. To whom does Thatcher say his neighbor (Mary Treat) compares Captain Landis in Chapter 10?

5. What real-life figure is being referenced with the following line from Chapter 13? "He said he could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and people would still vote for him" (345).

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