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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (pages 222 - 277).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of doctor was the ship captain's brother originally?
(a) A neurologist.
(b) A chiropodist.
(c) A cardiologist.
(d) An endocrinologist.

2. What does Titch ask Washington to do when he first meets him in Chapter 4?
(a) Look through a telescope.
(b) Draw a snail.
(c) Write down a speech.
(d) Eat a spoon of sugar.

3. What kind of work does Washington briefly do in Nova Scotia?
(a) Carving.
(b) Tarot card reading.
(c) Cutting cane.
(d) Cooking.

4. What happens to the octopus in Part IV, Chapter 4?
(a) It has babies.
(b) It dies.
(c) It starts talking.
(d) It gets sick.

5. What does Titch instruct Washington and Philip to do in Chapter 9 while he demonstrates the cloud-cutter's gas mechanism?
(a) Stay well away from the machine.
(b) Gather in a circle around the lake.
(c) Come closer to the machine.
(d) Start making their way back down the mountain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Erasmus tell Titch is coming to visit in Chapter 8?

2. What does Mr. James Wilde tell Washington he was born with at his neck?

3. Where is the ship traveling to in Part II, Chapter 2?

4. What does Washington's dinner companion in Part III, Chapter 10, say he encountered in an American town a short while earlier?

5. What skill is Washington immediately drawn to after he sees Titch do it in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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