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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Robert do with the oxen at the fair?
(a) Washes them
(b) Braids their hair
(c) Leads them around the show ring
(d) Puts bows on their tails

2. What does Robert feed his piglet?
(a) Table scraps
(b) Pig food
(c) Corn
(d) Milk and meal

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

4. What is wrapped around Robert's wounds?
(a) A shirt
(b) A bandanna
(c) Old rags
(d) A sheet

5. What does Robert's father consider the piglet to be?
(a) A nuisance
(b) An inappropriate gift
(c) A frill
(d) A source of income

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Robert wish he could take Pinky?

2. What is the piglet's new home made out of?

3. Who is one of the twin calves named after?

4. What does the Widow Bascom give Robert in exchange for his help?

5. What does Robert hear after he leaves school and wanders the countryside?

(see the answer key)

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