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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ode to the Rattler, Drawing Straws, Miss Sadie's Diving Parlor and Distribution.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Abilene delivers to Miss Sadie the items she wanted from the woods, what container does Abilene use?
(a) A bucket.
(b) A glass.
(c) A box.
(d) A cage.

2. When Abilene visits Miss Sadie on June 13, 1936, what does she ask Miss Sadie about?
(a) A curse.
(b) A book.
(c) A song.
(d) A picture.

3. How does Abilene hope to avoid going to Miss Sadie's again?
(a) By pretending to have too much homework to do.
(b) By getting in so much trouble with Shady that he won't let her go.
(c) By pretending to be sick.
(d) By making herself so valuable to Shady that he won't let her go.

4. When Jinx first appears in the story, what is he doing?
(a) Walking along a dirt road.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Jumping from a train.
(d) Climbing up a water tower.

5. Who talks to Abilene about the embarrassment of foreign names?
(a) The butcher.
(b) The post office clerk.
(c) The sheriff.
(d) The barber.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miss Sadie assume when Abilene comes to the house?

2. What item in Miss Sadie's story seems similar to something Abilene found?

3. Where does the sheriff's brother-in-law live?

4. Who builds Miss Sadie's gate?

5. Who brings cake to Shady's Sunday service?

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