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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through As Empty as Eve.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mr. Huckleby began to feed his animals a mixture of _________ and discarded seed grain from a local supplier.
(a) Corn.
(b) Pig parts.
(c) Beans.
(d) Garbage.

2. What is the name of the cafeteria where the men had decided to go to eat?
(a) Dawn.
(b) Same Old.
(c) Eclipse.
(d) Nighttime.

3. What had bitten the woman who died, though the doctor didn't think this was the cause of her disease?
(a) Rat.
(b) Dog.
(c) Bat.
(d) Cat.

4. What was Herman Sauer's job, according to the beginning of the chapter about him?
(a) Waiter.
(b) Telephone technician.
(c) Dishwasher.
(d) Bookseller.

5. What kind of birds did several of the classrooms in the school have that might have caused the disease?
(a) Robins.
(b) Ostriches.
(c) Ravens.
(d) Parakeets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT one of the treatments that Vernon received when he was traveling around the world?

2. What kind of farmers were Mr. and Mrs. Mason, according to the story in this book?

3. What kind of substance does aspirin inhibit that causes things like aches, pains, and fever?

4. What allowed Vernon Berry to go on the trip that ended up causing him to contract a disease?

5. In which city were school children beginning to get ill for no apparent reason?

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