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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 does Philip do while Beth does his chores?
(a) Tells her stories.
(b) Strums on his guitar.
(c) Sleeps.
(d) Orders her about.

2. What does Pa reply when Ma tells him that is the last time he guards the turkeys all night?
(a) ZZZZ.
(b) Shhhh.
(c) Whatever.
(d) Be quiet.

3. Whose cry does Beth describe as untamed?
(a) Luther's.
(b) Reverend Ross'.
(c) The Mountain Man's.
(d) The turkeys'.

4. What does Beth say passes before the moon as she guards the turkeys?
(a) A gray thunder cloud.
(b) An airplane.
(c) A black raincloud.
(d) A flock of seagulls.

5. What kind of train derailed five miles from Pocahontas in 1938?
(a) A circus train.
(b) A passenger train.
(c) A carnival train.
(d) A mail train.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bonnie act as though she invented?

2. What kind of animal does Pa ask Beth to pretend to be?

3. How does Beth describe the color of Philip's skin?

4. What is the name of the town's Reverend?

5. What does fear strike in Beth's chest like?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Philip react when Philip when he and Gordy meet Beth in the bus queue?

2. How does Philip fool Beth at the beginning of this chapter?

3. How do Beth's parent help her get over the fact she cannot have a puppy?

4. What does the newly painted house symbolize for Beth and her family?

5. Why does Reverend Ross think Gorilla Man is on the loose?

6. Why does Philip say he hasn't invited Beth to his party?

7. What does Beth overhear Miss Linwood saying to the sheriff?

8. What does Beth's dream at the beginning of this section represent?

9. Why does Beth call her new dog Tippietoes?

10. Why is Beth so disappointed that Philip hasn't invited her to his party?

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