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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 23 - 44).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of tree is in the town square for Christmas?
(a) Parling Narc.
(b) Norway Spruce.
(c) Hendring Spire.
(d) Red Maple.

2. What are many girls doing when Furlong makes his delivery in Chapter 4?
(a) Baking bread.
(b) Cooking eggs.
(c) Polishing the floors.
(d) Making candles.

3. Who does Furlong live with growing up?
(a) His grandparents.
(b) His brother.
(c) Mrs. Wilson, Ned, and his mother.
(d) His aunt.

4. What does the nun chastise Furlong about?
(a) His glasses.
(b) His pants looking strange.
(c) The load of coal being too light.
(d) Upsetting the geese on the lawn.

5. Where do the men go sometimes for meals?
(a) Bendry's.
(b) McCallister's.
(c) Helen's.
(d) Kehoe's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which river runs through the town the story is set in?

2. What did Furlong "come from"?

3. How do the people feel about the weather in Chapter 1?

4. What did Ned once give Furlong for Christmas as a child that he came to love?

5. What is Furlong's first name?

(see the answer key)

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