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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Part 2 (pages 143-156).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What natural phenomenon does Howard compare his seizures to in Chapter 1?
(a) Volcanoes.
(b) Hailstorms.
(c) Thunder.
(d) Lightning.

2. What animals circle Howard's cart in the field before moving on in the end of Chapter 2?
(a) Pigeons.
(b) Turkeys.
(c) Cows.
(d) Wolves.

3. What is the name of Howard's mule?
(a) Prince Edward.
(b) Napoleon.
(c) Clara.
(d) Peter the Great.

4. What animal does George take with him when he runs away from home in Chapter 2?
(a) Ursula.
(b) Russell.
(c) Winston.
(d) Prince Edward.

5. The narrator says in Chapter 3 as Howard searches the woods for his father, "The tom-tom tap of a pileated woodpecker sounded from somewhere in the woods, to Howard's left." What literary device is used in this sentence?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Simile.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Literary allusion.

Short Answer Questions

1. The drowned child that Howard fishes from a creek is the daughter of what widow?

2. What is Howard's mother doing when he returns from the woods after having his first seizure in Chapter 3?

3. What does Howard use to pull the hermit's tooth in Chapter 1?

4. Why is Howard paid to shoot a dog, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

5. What sport does Ezra Morrell love and follow?

(see the answer key)

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