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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: "Jutland" Pages 16-31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the boys staring at the Willens house?
(a) It is hard for them to understand how it can look exactly as usual when Mr. Willens is dead.
(b) They have begun to suspect that Mrs. Willens has something to do with her husband's death.
(c) It has only just occurred to them that Mr. Willens's death will be terrible for his wife.
(d) They are wondering if Mrs. Willens will be angry at them for waiting so long to go to the police.

2. What conclusion does the narrator come to about why the boys did not tell their parents about the dead body?
(a) There is already too much going on in each of their houses.
(b) The boys enjoy knowing something that no one else knows.
(c) All three boys are a little bit afraid of their parents.
(d) The three boys began to doubt their memories once they were separated.

3. Where does Jimmy's mother work?
(a) Honeker's Department Store.
(b) Shervill's Dairy Bar.
(c) Paquette's Service Station.
(d) The Duke of Cumberland.

4. Who is with Cece Ferns at the river in the narrative present?
(a) Ralph Diller and Charlie Evans.
(b) Bud Salter and Ralph Diller.
(c) Charlie Evans and Jimmy Box.
(d) Jimmy Box and Bud Salter.

5. When do the boys plan to go to the police?
(a) After dinner.
(b) In the morning.
(c) As soon as they return to town.
(d) Never.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Captain Tervitt's current job?

2. What does Bud tell his little brother Doris is doing at the stove?

3. What is Cece's mother wearing when he gets home?

4. Why is Walley especially crowded on the day the boys are walking to the police station?

5. What is implied when the boys kick and stomp the sand?

(see the answer key)

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