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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the attitude of the narrator telling the story?
(a) Sympathetic
(b) Angry
(c) Amused
(d) Callous

2. Who else is attempting to leave Smyrna?
(a) Russian immigrants
(b) Romanian gypsies
(c) U.S. tourists
(d) Greek civilians

3. Why does Uncle George not accompany Nick and his father back to their camp that night?
(a) He is too shaken by what he has witnessed
(b) He is too sick to stay overnight in the woods
(c) He is tired of fishing and sleeping outside
(d) He has to go to work in the morning

4. According to the narrator, what is the worst scene among the evacuees?
(a) Women vomiting in the streets
(b) The women with dead babies who will not relinquish them
(c) Men begging for food
(d) Children crying for milk

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What shocking event occurs this night for Nick, his father and Uncle George?

2. A U.S. ship called the Simpson is in a ______________ state.

3. Smyrna is located in what country?

4. What is Nick's father's profession?

5. Why are Nick and Marjorie together on this night?

(see the answer key)

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