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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Chapter Eight opens, which of the following is NOT a reason Ben is having trouble sleeping?
(a) The storm is keeping him awake.
(b) He keeps expecting the badger to return.
(c) Thought he heard someone calling his name.
(d) He is not tired.

2. What effect does hearing the dying cries of the pups have on the badger while she is stuck in the trap?
(a) It makes her give up.
(b) It has no effect.
(c) It gives her another burst of energy.
(d) It convinces her to leave the area.

3. Which Native American tribe used to inhabit the lands that make up the MacDonald farm?
(a) Cree.
(b) Lakota.
(c) Dakota Sioux.
(d) Blackfeet.

4. As William and Esther sit down to lunch in Chapter Nine, where does William suggest Ben is?
(a) Sleeping by the stream.
(b) Hiding under the house.
(c) Playing in the barn.
(d) Talking to a chipmunk.

5. When Ben cannot be found after lunch, what do his parents initially think may have happened?
(a) He was washed away in the stream.
(b) He fell into the well.
(c) He was kidnapped by Burton.
(d) He got lost in the fields.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author at the end of Chapter Two, a normal life span for a badger is how long?

2. When Ben notices that the badger's foot is bothering her, what does he initially use to clean the wound?

3. Burton says, when the search party is unable to locate Ben, that the boy must have gone where?

4. The North West Company's original fort is seized and destroyed by the Hudson Bay Company; what is the name of the fort that replaces this original fort?

5. How does Ben react when William begins to skin the male badger?

(see the answer key)

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