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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. Who is the author of "The Love of a Good Woman"?
(a) Eudora Welty.
(b) Alice Munroe.
(c) Alice Walker.
(d) Edith Wharton.

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

3. What animals are most prominently featured in the description of the boys' walk to the river?
(a) Rabbits.
(b) Coyotes.
(c) Squirrels.
(d) Birds.

4. What did Cece Ferns and Ralph Diller find near the river the previous year?
(a) A gold coin.
(b) A cow's hipbone.
(c) A pack of cigarettes.
(d) Shell casings from a rifle.

5. As the children watch the hand in the water, the narrator notes, "It rode there tremulously and irresolutely" (7). How did the hand move?
(a) In an uncertain, unsteady way.
(b) In a violent, angry way.
(c) In a gentle, calming way.
(d) In a mechanical, jerking way.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of business do the boys talk about setting up?

2. Why is Colonel Box so cool and disinterested toward Jimmy?

3. What words best characterize Jimmy's crowded family household?

4. When Mrs. Willens sees the boys in front of her house, what does she do?

5. When the boys tell Captain Tervitt what they discovered, why does he not take them to make a police report?

(see the answer key)

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