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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Harry make a point of taking the paper with him when he takes Jim to the house?
(a) He does not want anyone stealing his ideas.
(b) Someone will take the paper if he does not.
(c) The cops go through the place regularly.
(d) He does not want Jim to read it.

2. How Jim describe his mother following her change in demeanor during his childhood?
(a) Sort of dead.
(b) Rigid and cold.
(c) Angry and mean.
(d) Weak in mind.

3. What mysterious story from his childhood does Jim reminisce about in the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) His sister's disappearance in school.
(b) The raids on his neighbor's houses.
(c) How the Party first came into existence.
(d) A public hanging of a Party member.

4. What happens to Dan when he is trying to get out of the tree?
(a) Breaks his leg.
(b) Breaks his ankle.
(c) Breaks his hip.
(d) Breaks his back.

5. What does Mac admit to feeling good about at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Keeping the mother alive.
(b) Getting the men to work together.
(c) Delivering the baby successfully.
(d) Sterilizing the pocketknife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jim think his mother died while he was in jail for a vagrancy charge?

2. What does Harry Nilson have of Jim's when Jim reaches his office?

3. What does Jim admit about the possibility of Lisa dying during the delivery process?

4. Who organizes the men on Anderson's farm land?

5. Why do Harry and Jim decide that using Jim's real name will not be detrimental to Jim's relatives?

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