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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far is the walk from George's house to the doctor's house in Chapter 2?
(a) 1 mile.
(b) 2 miles.
(c) 5 miles.
(d) 10 miles.

2. What ailment does Howard suffer from?
(a) Blindness.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Asthma.
(d) Epilepsy.

3. What month is it every year when Howard meets with the hermit in Chapter 1?
(a) May.
(b) July.
(c) August.
(d) September.

4. What ailment has Marjorie suffered from all of her life?
(a) Manic depression.
(b) Asthma.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Epilepsy.

5. The drowned child that Howard fishes from a creek is the daughter of what widow?
(a) Jameson.
(b) Anderson.
(c) Petrie.
(d) La Rose.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Sam's mother in the novel?

2. 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?

3. How old is Ray Morrell when George runs away to his father's property in Chapter 2?

4. What is the name of Howard's family's cat in Chapter 2?

5. What is the name of Ezra Morell's son and George's childhood best friend?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the setting change in Chapter 1 when George's family leaves him to prepare lunch?

2. What does George think about as he begins his chores on Monday in Chapter 2, Part 1? What does Howard think about?

3. How does the narrator describe George's attempt to make a memoir by cassette tape in Chapter 1?

4. What metaphor is illustrated through the descriptions of George's house in Chapter 1, Part 1?

5. How is the setting described when George awakens "one hundred and thirty-two hours" before he dies in Chapter 1?

6. How does George become injured when he witnesses his father's seizure in Chapter 2, Part 1?

7. Who is George's father in the narrative? What did George's father do for a living?

8. How is the natural phenomenon of lightning used as a metaphor in Chapter 1?

9. How would you compare the imagery of Howard's home and George's home in the novel?

10. What is signified by Howard's action of building a fire after his seizure in Chapter 1, Part 2?

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