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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the nature of the problem with which Nick's father can assist?
(a) A man needs a will drawn up
(b) A woman is having trouble delivering a baby
(c) A man has hacked off his forearm
(d) A man has been indicted on criminal charges

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

3. Why does Nick's nurse leave for Pordenone?
(a) To attend college
(b) To buy a house
(c) To open a hospital
(d) To care for her parents

4. What does Ad ask Nick to give him?
(a) Knife
(b) Whiskey
(c) Coffee
(d) Cigarette

5. What does Dick Boulton call the logs?
(a) A nuisance
(b) Kindling
(c) Stolen property
(d) Zeus' toothpicks

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Nick like to spend time at the hospital?

2. Why does Ad get mad at Nick?

3. When do Nick and his nurse meet again?

4. Why does the Lieutenant ride his horse out into the field?

5. What does Nick's father hire some local Indians to do?

(see the answer key)

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