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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one thing Robert and his father do not talk about while they work on the piglet's home?
(a) The beauty of their lives
(b) The next birthday party
(c) Each person is born to do a mission
(d) The bounty of the land

2. What is Papa's mission?
(a) Slaughter pigs
(b) Become a minister
(c) Build furniture
(d) Teach school

3. What does Robert name his new piglet?
(a) Tailspin
(b) Oinker
(c) Pinky
(d) Piglet

4. What does Mr. Hillman reveal about the child in the small coffin?
(a) He is his wife's stillborn child
(b) He is an orphan
(c) He is his brother's child
(d) He is his illegitimate child

5. What does Mrs. Hillman say her husband has gone out to do?
(a) Buy a new plow
(b) See his mistress
(c) Desecrate a grave
(d) Rob a store

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What news does Papa tell Robert?

3. What does Papa put into a sack before going to bed?

4. What special treat does the family have for dinner?

5. Whose voice does Robert not hear coming from downstairs?

(see the answer key)

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