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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6, 7, 8 and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells Gertie that she cannot whip them as she threatened?
(a) Reuben
(b) Clytie
(c) Cassie
(d) Enoch

2. What makes everyone stop talking and wait?
(a) Old John offering to sell Tipton place to Gertie
(b) The sound of a unique car approaching
(c) Gertie digging for potatoes
(d) Clovis returning

3. Who does Gertie compare Henley to when describing him to Cassie?
(a) Jesus
(b) Clovis
(c) Gertie's father
(d) Gertie's mother

4. What does Clovis want to do as his future job once he leaves the Army?
(a) Live on a farm
(b) Retire
(c) Work in a factory
(d) Start his own business

5. What happened to the shaving strop?
(a) It is broken
(b) It is in the trash
(c) Cassie hid it
(d) Clovis took it with him

Short Answer Questions

1. Which word best describes how Gertie feels about affection attempts from her husband?

2. What does Gertie say she will use to whip the children?

3. Which of the following literary elements is not found in chapters six through nine?

4. Which of the children has a similar dream to Gertie's of living on a farm?

5. Where does this story begin?

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