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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. Why is Papa unable to hunt properly?
(a) He broke his leg
(b) He doesn't own a proper deer rifle
(c) The snow is too deep
(d) The rain will not let up

2. What award does Pinky win at the fair?
(a) First Prize for Best Behaved Pig
(b) Best of Show in the Swine category
(c) Second Prize for Best Behaved Pig
(d) First Prize in Swine Showmanship

3. Papa tells Robert that both dying and ________________ are dirty business.
(a) Being born
(b) Branding
(c) Farming
(d) Living

4. Who is Ira Long?
(a) The new school teacher
(b) A traveling feed salesman
(c) A plow repairman
(d) Widow Bascom's hired man

5. Mama says that ____________ might benefit from some loving kindness.
(a) Mama
(b) Papa
(c) Widow Bascom
(d) Aunt Carrie

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following must Robert not have to account for from his day at the fair?

2. What does the Widow Bascom ask Robert to help her with?

3. What does Mr. Hillman reveal about the child in the small coffin?

4. What is the name of Mr. Tanner's boar?

5. Who had been the child's mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Robert hear his mother and aunt discussing in Chapter 9?

2. How

3. How does Papa react to Robert's maturity over giving up Pinky for the welfare of the family?

4. What have been Robert's experiences with Widow Bascom?

5. Describe how Robert's farm boy innocence exhibits at the fair.

6. What is the scenario of Robert's return from the fair?

7. What is the unspoken understanding regarding Pinky in the Peck household?

8. How does Chapter 8 demonstrate the tolerance of the people in the Shaker religion?

9. What is the weaseling procedure in which Robert participates/

10. Why is Robert so alarmed at Pinky's breeding/

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