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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the family go at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) A Fourth of July celebration
(b) Church
(c) Shopping
(d) The fair

2. What are Papa and Robert unable to do on this morning?
(a) Say prayers
(b) Go to town
(c) Milk the cows
(d) Finish breakfast

3. What award does Pinky win at the fair?
(a) Second Prize for Best Behaved Pig
(b) First Prize in Swine Showmanship
(c) First Prize for Best Behaved Pig
(d) Best of Show in the Swine category

4. What is the unspoken understanding in the Peck household?
(a) Robert does not like farming
(b) Papa and Mama will divorce eventually
(c) Pinky must be slaughtered for food
(d) Mama is dying

5. What significant event occurs at the beginning of Chapter 15?
(a) Robert leaves for college
(b) Papa dies
(c) Mama dies
(d) The barn burns down

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Robert wish he could take Pinky?

2. Who stitches Robert's wounds?

3. What is Papa's last word to Robert as he drops him off at the Tanners'?

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

5. Who does the tutor think it would be easier to teach than Robert?

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