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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Robert think is the role of a tutor?
(a) An historian
(b) A trumpet player
(c) A painter
(d) A minister

2. What does Robert pull from the cow's throat?
(a) Hair ball
(b) Rock
(c) Goiter
(d) Tennis ball

3. What does Robert find when he arrives home?
(a) Fresh cookies
(b) New kittens
(c) A birthday supper
(d) A new gun

4. What "frill" does Robert wish he could take part in on this day?
(a) Watching a baseball game in town
(b) Setting off fireworks
(c) Going to a dance
(d) Making ice cream

5. What had a classmate teased Robert about earlier in the day?
(a) His plain clothes
(b) His sister
(c) His nose
(d) His bad haircut

6. What is the remedy for Robert's bad grade?
(a) Summer school
(b) Tutoring
(c) Being held back
(d) Being grounded

7. What does Robert feel as he spends the night with Pinky in her new home?
(a) Allergies
(b) Gratitude
(c) Discomfort
(d) Repulsion

8. What is the name of the cow that Robert finds?
(a) Petunia
(b) Pinafore
(c) April
(d) Apron

9. What do Robert's mother and aunt think is unusual about Robert's piglet?
(a) It is blind
(b) It is very quiet
(c) It has a name
(d) It is spotted

10. In what month does Chapter 5 take place?
(a) April
(b) July
(c) May
(d) August

11. What kind of bird does Robert notice circling in the sky?
(a) Vulture
(b) Blackbird
(c) Eagle
(d) Red-tailed hawk

12. What bites Pinky on the nose?
(a) A dog
(b) A spider
(c) A wolf
(d) A crawdad

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

14. How does Robert finally get the cow to deliver the calf?
(a) Gets her to the vet
(b) Beats her with a stick
(c) Pounds her
(d) Jumps on her

15. What does Robert build to play with in the water of a stream?
(a) A waterwheel
(b) A bridge
(c) A canoe
(d) A boat

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pinky prefer to drink?

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

3. What religion does Robert's family belong to?

4. What have Robert and his father spent the day doing as Chapter 7 begins?

5. What animal does the bird swoop down and kill close to where Robert is lying in the grass?

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