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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: Introduction and "Jutland" Pages 3-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Mr. D. M. Willens die?
(a) He was hit by a train.
(b) He had a heart attack.
(c) He was poisoned.
(d) He drowned.

3. To what does the narrator compare the opthalmoscope?
(a) A broken mirror.
(b) A snowman.
(c) A kaleidoscope.
(d) A snake.

4. What do the boys usually call one another when they are out at Jutland?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Family nicknames.
(c) School nicknames.
(d) Their first names.

5. What is the best description of the narrator's tone when the narrator is describing the boys' business plans?
(a) Critical.
(b) Facetious.
(c) Wry.
(d) Respectful.

Short Answer Questions

1. In describing the boys on their way back to town, what does the narrator say they are like?

2. What job does Cece take over for his mother when he gets home?

3. What technique is used in the phrase: "feel the painful recapture of their bodies by their startled blood" (5)?

4. What first causes the boys to notice the submerged car?

5. What word does the narrator suggest describes the way "many adult faces" look to children (7)?

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