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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Mama want from the animal Robert hunts?
(a) Antlers
(b) Ground up nuts
(c) Fur
(d) Dinner
2. What award does Pinky win at the fair?
(a) Best of Show in the Swine category
(b) First Prize in Swine Showmanship
(c) Second Prize for Best Behaved Pig
(d) First Prize for Best Behaved Pig
3. What Shaker belief overshadows Robert's happiness at the prospect of paying off the farm?
(a) The sin of pride
(b) The sin of greed
(c) The sin of ambition
(d) The sin of jealousy
4. What happens if Pinky is found to be barren?
(a) She will be killed for food
(b) She will get fertility treatments
(c) She will be ostracized
(d) She will be sent away
5. What are the names of Mr. Tanner's horses?
(a) Frick and Frack
(b) Polka Dot and Zig Zag
(c) Quaker Lady and Quaker Gent
(d) Princess Elizabeth and Princess Sarah
6. How many piglets has Pinky produced
(a) 7
(b)
(c) 3
(d) 18
7. What does Papa say Pinky should have done by now?
(a) Been slaughtered
(b) Come into heat
(c) Hunted
(d) Run away
8. What does Papa ask Robert to do?
(a) Go back to sleep
(b) Milk the cows
(c) Hitch the ox to the wagon
(d) Get his work boots
9. Aunt Carrie is obviously upset about the behavior of whom?
(a) Mr. Tanner
(b) Papa
(c) Widow Bascom
(d) Robert
10. What does Robert spend his dime on?
(a) A bar of soap
(b) Lemonade
(c) A ride on the merry-go-round
(d) Cotton candy
11. What kills one of the hens during the night?
(a) A hawk
(b) A weasel
(c) A fox
(d) A dog
12. What is the unspoken understanding in the Peck household?
(a) Papa and Mama will divorce eventually
(b) Mama is dying
(c) Pinky must be slaughtered for food
(d) Robert does not like farming
13. Papa tells Robert that both dying and ________________ are dirty business.
(a) Branding
(b) Being born
(c) Living
(d) Farming
14. Why is Mr. Tanner's boar brought to Papa's farm?
(a) As payment for repair services
(b) To sniff out truffles
(c) To be slaughtered
(d) Stud service for Pinky
15. Which of the following must Robert not have to account for from his day at the fair?
(a) Eating too much candy
(b) Missing chores
(c) Being late
(d) Repaying the feed that Pinky ate
Short Answer Questions
1. What news does Papa tell Robert?
2. What religion is Mr. Tanner?
3. What does Robert notice when he looks outside?
4. What does Robert call Mr. Hillman's voice?
5. What is in the grave with a small coffin?
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