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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose voice does Robert not hear coming from downstairs?
(a) Aunt Carrie's
(b) Papa's
(c) Mama's
(d) Mrs. Hillman's

2. What does Robert feel as he spends the night with Pinky in her new home?
(a) Gratitude
(b) Repulsion
(c) Discomfort
(d) Allergies

3. What is the piglet's new home made out of?
(a) Some old fences
(b) A corn crib
(c) A silo
(d) An outhouse

4. Papa tells Robert that both dying and ________________ are dirty business.
(a) Farming
(b) Branding
(c) Being born
(d) Living

5. Who had been the child's mother?
(a) Mrs. Hillman
(b) Robert's teacher
(c) Aunt Carrie
(d) A hired woman in the Hillman home

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Robert's mother and aunt think is unusual about Robert's piglet?

2. What does Mama want from the animal Robert hunts?

3. What crop will be diminished due to Robert's actions?

4. Which famous baseball player is in town and Robert wishes to see?

5. How is Robert awakened in the middle of the night in Chapter 8?

(see the answer key)

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