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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Robert and his father talk about as they build the piglet's house?
(a) Shaker Law
(b) Girls
(c) Tractors
(d) School

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

3. What does Papa tell Robert that desecrate a grave means?
(a) Dig a new grave
(b) Move a body to a different grave
(c) Dig up an established grave
(d) Decorate

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

5. What does Robert know about his father?
(a) He is left-handed
(b) He is illiterate
(c) He was adopted
(d) He is color blind

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Mama never complained about according to Papa?

2. What is one thing Robert and his father do not talk about while they work on the piglet's home?

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

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

5. Papa tells Robert that both dying and ________________ are dirty business.

(see the answer key)

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