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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Childhood.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When will Latimer's story be told?
(a) During the last month of his life.
(b) Never.
(c) After his death.
(d) By someone else on his deathbed.

2. What does Latimer compare to his mother's love?
(a) The valleys and the rivers.
(b) The sky, mountain tops, and the blue water.
(c) The wildlife.
(d) The trees, the stars, and the flowers.

3. Why was the narrator's childhood happy?
(a) Because the narrator received a horse as a present.
(b) Because the narrator lived near the mountains.
(c) Because the narrator's mother was dead.
(d) Because the narrator did not have supernatural powers yet.

4. When the narrator rings the bell during the last moments of life, who comes in to help?
(a) Bertha.
(b) No one.
(c) His father.
(d) Mrs. Archer.

5. What moments in Switzerland did Latimer never feel alone?
(a) In the boat on the lake.
(b) In the home he was staying in.
(c) During his visits to town.
(d) On the shore reading his poetry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What subjects are private tutors hired to teach Latimer?

2. What emotion does Eliot want readers to share with Latimer?

3. Why does Latimer's father think he was strange?

4. Who does Latimer trust?

5. Who is a poor orphan with a genius for medical studies and a passion for science?

(see the answer key)

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