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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Robert describe his vision?
(a) Technicolor vision
(b) All black and white
(c) As if he were in a fog
(d) Completely gone

2. What have Robert and his father spent the day doing as Chapter 7 begins?
(a) Shoeing horses
(b) Slaughtering pigs
(c) Cutting and hauling hay
(d) Planting corn

3. Who is one of the twin calves named after?
(a) The minister
(b) Mr. Tanner
(c) Robert
(d) Papa

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

5. What are Papa's plans for Robert on this day?
(a) Church services
(b) School work
(c) A picnic
(d) Help with farm work

6. What is Robert's father pleased about?
(a) Robert's saving the cow and her calf
(b) The promise of rain
(c) A new variety of seed corn
(d) A new tractor

7. What does Robert contemplate feeding Pinky?
(a) Frogs
(b) Fish
(c) Cheese
(d) Flies

8. What does Robert hear after he leaves school and wanders the countryside?
(a) Birds singing
(b) A girl singing
(c) A train
(d) An anguished noise

9. What does Robert say is his favorite thing to look at?
(a) Snowflakes
(b) His mother's face
(c) The sunset
(d) Pinky

10. How does the cow injure Robert?
(a) Bites and kicks him
(b) Rolls over on him
(c) Gores him
(d) Sits on him

11. Whose property lies next to Robert's family's farm?
(a) Mr. Tanner
(b) Mr. Turner
(c) Mr. Towson
(d) Mr. Miller

12. What does Robert use to try to extract the calf from the cow?
(a) A chain
(b) A rope
(c) His shirt
(d) His pants

13. Which famous baseball player is in town and Robert wishes to see?
(a) Mickey Mantle
(b) Joe DiMaggio
(c) Abner Doubleday
(d) Hank Aaron

14. With what animal does Robert have an encounter?
(a) Wolf
(b) Cow
(c) Dog
(d) Horse

15. How does Robert relax with Pinky?
(a) Running to town
(b) Lying in the soft grass
(c) Chasing lightning bugs
(d) Playing in the stream

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Robert think is the role of a tutor?

2. What does Robert do when he hears the bird kill its prey?

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

4. What does Robert's father consider the piglet to be?

5. Who does Robert think would enjoy eating the bird's prey?

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