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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Robert have to do before he can go to the fair?
(a) Mend the fence
(b) Clean his room
(c) Paint the front door
(d) Clean the chicken coop

2. Which of the following is a person who does not necessarily love Robert more than anyone in the world?
(a) The minister
(b) Aunt Mattie
(c) Mr. Tanner
(d) Mrs. Tanner

3. Papa tells Robert that both dying and ________________ are dirty business.
(a) Living
(b) Branding
(c) Being born
(d) Farming

4. What does Robert tell Mr. Tanner about Papa's health?
(a) He is in remission
(b) He is terminally ill
(c) He is fine
(d) He has a bad cold

5. How is Robert awakened in the middle of the night in Chapter 8?
(a) A thunderstorm
(b) Pinky's squeals
(c) His mother calling his name
(d) An intruder

6. What does Robert know about his life at this point?
(a) He will be going away to college
(b) He will be married soon
(c) He will soon take over the farm
(d) He hates farming

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

8. What does Papa help Mr. Hillman to do?
(a) Dig a new grave
(b) Remove a small coffin from the grave
(c) Bury his brother's coffin
(d) Plant flowers

9. What does Robert leave out of his story about going to the fair?
(a) Playing games of chance
(b) His vomiting spell
(c) Losing his money
(d) Eating 5 candy apples

10. What is one of the reasons for the troubles facing the Pecks?
(a) Winter has come too early
(b) Mama had cancer
(c) Robert got a virus
(d) Papa cannot hunt effectively

11. What kills one of the hens during the night?
(a) A weasel
(b) A hawk
(c) A dog
(d) A fox

12. Why does Robert want Pinky to have babies?
(a) The farm needs the money
(b) He wants some piglets to play with
(c) She will not be slaughtered
(d) She will be happy

13. What does Robert realize about the three people who love him aside from his parents?
(a) They are all Baptists
(b) They are entrepreneurs
(c) They are kind
(d) They are wealthy

14. What does the Widow Bascom ask Robert to help her with?
(a) Dig a garden
(b) Run some errands
(c) Paint her fence
(d) Carry heavy flowerpots

15. What is the purpose of what father wants to do to the neighbor's dog?
(a) Make the dog hate weasels
(b) Make the dog a good hunting dog
(c) Give the dog a good home
(d) Make the dog regret coming to his farm

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Robert do with the oxen at the fair?

2. Where does Robert wish he could take Pinky?

3. What does Papa tell Robert that he wants to do to a neighbor's dog?

4. What does Pinky do that embarrasses Robert?

5. What does Papa tell Robert before he leaves to go to the fair?

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