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A Day No Pigs Would Die Quiz

Robert Newton Peck
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A Day No Pigs Would Die Quiz

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1)

How old is Pinky in Chapter 6? (from Chapter 6)

2 weeks
3 months
1 year
10 weeks
2)

What does Robert tell his dead father? (from Chapter 15)

He is angry at him for dying
He will take care of the chores
He will always love him
He is sorry for all the times he hurt him
3)

What have Robert and his father spent the day doing as Chapter 7 begins? (from Chapter 7)

Cutting and hauling hay
Planting corn
Shoeing horses
Slaughtering pigs
4)

What does Robert think is the role of a tutor? (from Chapter 6)

A painter
A minister
An historian
A trumpet player
5)

What do Robert and his father do together? (from Chapter 7)

Milk the cows
Read the Bible
Watch the sunset
Sing a song
6)

Aunt Carrie is obviously upset about the behavior of whom? (from Chapter 9)

Papa
Widow Bascom
Robert
Mr. Tanner
7)

What significant event occurs at the beginning of Chapter 15? (from Chapter 15)

Mama dies
The barn burns down
Robert leaves for college
Papa dies
8)

What item of Papa's does Robert study in the tackroom? (from Chapter 15)

Hat
Sweater
Tools
Boots
9)

Who had been the child's mother? (from Chapter 8)

Mrs. Hillman
Robert's teacher
Aunt Carrie
A hired woman in the Hillman home
10)

How does Robert relax with Pinky? (from Chapter 7)

Running to town
Chasing lightning bugs
Lying in the soft grass
Playing in the stream
11)

What does Mama want from the animal Robert hunts? (from Chapter 12)

Antlers
Dinner
Fur
Ground up nuts
12)

Where does Robert wish he could take Pinky? (from Chapter 9)

The Rutland County Fair
To Sunday School
To school
To town
13)

What does Robert imagine Pinky says to him? (from Chapter 7)

Goodnight
Thank you
I love you
Goodbye
14)

What does Robert realize about the three people who love him aside from his parents? (from Chapter 13)

They are all Baptists
They are entrepreneurs
They are kind
They are wealthy
15)

What is the outcome of Robert's tutoring session? (from Chapter 6)

Worth every minute
Promising
Very successful
Not successful
16)

What is Robert's role in the barrel exercise? (from Chapter 11)

Hold down the lid
Roll it periodically
Add vinegar
Stir the contents
17)

What does Robert know about his life at this point? (from Chapter 13)

He will soon take over the farm
He hates farming
He will be going away to college
He will be married soon
18)

How does Pinky behave in the show ring? (from Chapter 10)

She runs away
Uncooperatively
Beautifully
Erratically
19)

Pinky must be slaughtered because there is not enough food and ____________________. (from Chapter 14)

The family can't afford to feed her
Papa is ill
The family is hungry for pork
The farm has been sold
20)

Where does Robert dig a grave for Papa? (from Chapter 15)

The meadow
The orchard
By a stream
On a hilltop
21)

What does Mr. Hillman reveal about the child in the small coffin? (from Chapter 8)

He is an orphan
He is his wife's stillborn child
He is his brother's child
He is his illegitimate child
22)

What kills one of the hens during the night? (from Chapter 11)

A weasel
A dog
A hawk
A fox
23)

Who is Ira Long? (from Chapter 9)

The new school teacher
A plow repairman
Widow Bascom's hired man
A traveling feed salesman
24)

What do Papa and Robert agree to never participate in again? (from Chapter 11)

A hunting expedition
Sunday services
A weasling
A branding
25)

What was the profession of the relative mentioned in #66? (from Chapter 6)

English teacher
Farmer
Minister
Store owner
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