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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. Who are the tall, white Indians that Mr. Maywit tells the Foxes about?
(a) Payas.
(b) Munchies.
(c) Twahkas.
(d) Zambus.

2. What is Gurney Spellgood's occupation?
(a) Priest.
(b) Writer.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Missionary.

3. What animal does Allie say Ma Polski looks like?
(a) A mole.
(b) A woodchuck.
(c) A rat.
(d) A horse.

4. What month is it at the beginning of Chapter 13?
(a) September.
(b) October.
(c) August.
(d) July.

5. What does Jeronimo withstand at the beginning of Chapter 16?
(a) A tornado.
(b) Getting struck by lightning.
(c) A flood.
(d) An earth tremor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of car does Miss Barsotti drive?

2. Where does Charlie think the family is going when Allie says they are going shopping?

3. What is the name of Mr. Haddy's small, wooden motorboat?

4. What language do the men in Fish Bucket speak?

5. Where are the Indians that Allie wants to take ice to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Allie make a giant iceberg?

2. Why do the migrant workers visit the Foxes after dinner in Chapter 7?

3. What does Allie do to become a hero aboard the Unicorn?

4. How does Allie react when Charlie refers to the migrant workers' home as the Monkey House?

5. Why does Mr. Haddy's boat's motor catch on a rock?

6. Describe what Charlie sees when the family first arrives in Honduras.

7. Describe the condition that the Foxes leave their house in when they depart for the shore.

8. According to Allie, how does he come to work for Polski?

9. Why does the Fox family rarely go out shopping at real stores?

10. Describe what Charlie sees when he goes into the field near his house looking for Allie.

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