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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the girl Nick has recently broken up with?
(a) Marie
(b) Mary
(c) Mary Ellen
(d) Marjorie

2. Why does Ad get mad at Nick?
(a) He does not give him the knife
(b) He does not have any cigarettes
(c) He insults his mother
(d) He does not have any whiskey

3. A U.S. ship called the Simpson is in a ______________ state.
(a) foreign
(b) stand down
(c) battle-ready
(d) friendly

4. What is the location of the Story in Chapter 3?
(a) New Mexico
(b) Montana
(c) Maine
(d) Michigan

5. What does Nick do when he learns that his mother wants to see him?
(a) Takes the car into town
(b) Goes fishing
(c) Takes the boat out onto the lake
(d) Goes on a walk with his father

Short Answer Questions

1. What fills the muddy roads leading out of the city?

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

3. Why do Nick and Bill not go out in the boat?

4. What has happened to Nick in the Memoir of Chapter 6?

5. Which one of Nick's friends asks about Marjorie?

(see the answer key)

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