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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 – 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who helped Danny's father raise him after Danny's mother died?
(a) Danny's grandmother.
(b) Danny's older sister.
(c) Danny's uncle.
(d) No one.

2. What did Danny's father do when Mr. Hazell threatened him at the gas station?
(a) He kicked Mr. Hazell's car.
(b) He spit on Mr. Hazell.
(c) He punched Mr. Hazell.
(d) He refused Mr. Hazell service.

3. Danny describes his home as being not much bigger than what in Chapter 1?
(a) His classroom at school.
(b) A modern bathroom.
(c) A basketball court.
(d) A one-car garage.

4. Danny's father states in Chapter 18 that when they roast pheasants, they will put what over the breasts of the birds while baking them?
(a) Bacon.
(b) Wax.
(c) Aluminum foil.
(d) Butter.

5. What word from the novel refers to a colorless, flammable, oily liquid similarly obtained and used as fuel, especially kerosine?
(a) Paraffin.
(b) Wax.
(c) Pontane.
(d) Quinine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What pheasant-hunting maneuver does Danny's father prepare to use in Chapter 6?

2. About how old is Mr. Corrado said to be in Chapter 12?

3. What did Danny and his best friend discover the headmaster pouring into his water glass in Chapter 12?

4. What is Mr. Hazell's profession?

5. Danny says in Chapter 2 that one might think his father is a serious and stern man based on his picture. He contends, however, that his father is actually what?

(see the answer key)

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