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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. What is the tattoo of that Dellarobia sees on the college-aged kid's ankle in Chapter 11?
(a) A butterfly.
(b) An antelope.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) Barbed wire.

2. Where does Dellarobia describe one big fire sale due to drought in Chapter 12?
(a) Texas.
(b) Wisconsin.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Oklahoma.

3. What is the first of the three things that Dellarobia tells Preston in Chapter 14?
(a) That she and Cub are getting a divorce.
(b) That she lost a baby before he was born.
(c) That she and the children are moving.
(d) That she plans to attend college.

4. Where was the hay purchased that is fed to the sheep in Chapter 12?
(a) Oklahoma.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Missouri.
(d) Kentucky.

5. What hours does Dellarobia work at the lab in Chapter 10?
(a) 7:00-4:00.
(b) 9:00-5:00.
(c) 8:00-5:00.
(d) 2:00-10:00.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Ovid's wife?

2. Where does Ovid make his laboratory?

3. What are the monarch butterflies said to be in Mexico?

4. How long has it been since the fence on Cub and Dellarosia's property had livestock in it, in Chapter 10?

5. Who taught math at Dellarobia's high school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hester reveal to Dellarobia about her past in Chapter 13?

2. What is the significance of the snow in Chapter 14?

3. What does Ovid tell Dellarobia about global warming in Chapter 10?

4. How does Dellarobia save the lamb in Chapter 14?

5. Who is Leighton Akins? What emerges from his conversation with Dellarobia in Chapter 11?

6. What do Dellarobia and Cub do together in Chapter 10? Why?

7. What does Dellarobia give to Preston for his birthday in Chapter 14? What is the significance of this gift?

8. How has the relationship between Hester and Dellarobia changed in Chapter 12?

9. What does Dellarobia observe at Ovid's trailer in the beginning of Chapter 10? How does she respond?

10. What does Dellarobia reveal to Cub regarding her first sighting of the butterflies in Chapter 13?

(see the answer keys)

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