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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the sailors on the Simpson do to the evacuees every night?
(a) Provide first aid
(b) Run their searchlight up and down the crowd
(c) Yell at them to go home
(d) Give them food

2. What is a woman doing on a cart?
(a) Polishing a gun
(b) Holding a suitcase
(c) Singing
(d) Giving birth

3. Why does the Lieutenant ride his horse out into the field?
(a) He is looking for mines
(b) He is lost
(c) He is drunk
(d) He is exploring

4. What is Nick's father's profession?
(a) Accountant
(b) Minister
(c) Doctor
(d) Lawyer

5. What job did the narrator have in the war?
(a) Supplies
(b) Chaplain
(c) Kitchen
(d) Reporter

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a quai?

2. According to the narrator, what is the worst scene among the evacuees?

3. What do the evacuees do every night at midnight?

4. What is the nature of the problem with which Nick's father can assist?

5. What is the attitude of the narrator telling the story?

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