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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Part 2 (pages 36-70).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Howard use to pull the hermit's tooth in Chapter 1?
(a) A hammer.
(b) A pair of scissors.
(c) A string tied to a doorknob.
(d) A pair of pliers.

2. What author did the hermit whose tooth Howard pulls attend college with, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(b) Nathaniel Hawthorne.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) Percy Shelley.

3. What is Howard's middle name?
(a) William.
(b) Aaron.
(c) Paul.
(d) James.

4. The hermit whose tooth Howard pulls is described in Chapter 1 as living in the woods by what river?
(a) The Arkansas River.
(b) The Penobscot River.
(c) The Ohio River.
(d) The Colorado River.

5. Who built George's house?
(a) Howard.
(b) Mr. Smith.
(c) George.
(d) James.

Short Answer Questions

1. What objects did George begin repairing and trading after his retirement?

2. What type of vehicle does Howard drive for a living seventy years before George's death?

3. What religious denomination does the narrator say George settled on after being a Methodist and a Congregationalist in Chapter 1?

4. Where does Marjorie live?

5. How many hours before his death does the narrator in Chapter 1 say George sneaked "into the basement window of the West Cove Methodist Church" and rang the bell on Halloween night?

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