"The Refusal" - Reading Check Quiz

The narrator of the story seems to live in a _________ town.

• poor

• rich

• fun

The highest officials of government come from the __________.

• Small town

• The Capitol

The highest official in this little town is the ___________________.

• Your Mom

• The Narrator

• Chief Tax Collector

The Chief Tax Collector has the rank of Colonel. The current one is a/an....

• young man

• old man

• the narrator

• Drake

The narrator says, "The present one is an old man; I've known him or years, because he was already a colonel when I was a child." Based on this sentence, we can infer that the narrator is....

• a child

• an adult

The colonel was not voted into power, and instead seems to get his power from the _____________; but the narrator assures the reader that he "isn't a tyrant."

• farm

• duck

• capitol

• dog

The narrator recalls a memory about the time he went with his father's __________________ to see the colonel.

• movie

• delegation

• kitchen

• child

In the town, many people are afraid of the soldiers. The narrator makes it clear that even just ONE soldier is enough to frighten the citizens of the town.

• TRUE

• FALSE

According to the narrator, the soldiers speak a different dialect that the townspeople do not really understand. This makes the townspeople fear them even more.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Whenever the soldiers come to the town, the townspeople are very quiet and scared.

• TRUE

• FALSE