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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Hillman say her husband has gone out to do?
(a) Rob a store
(b) Buy a new plow
(c) See his mistress
(d) Desecrate a grave

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

3. What does Papa mean when he tells Robert they should go "get it done."
(a) Let Pinky run free
(b) Breed Pinky
(c) Slaughter Pinky
(d) Sell Pinky

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

5. What is in the grave with a small coffin?
(a) Two other small coffins
(b) A large coffin
(c) A treasure chest
(d) A toy

6. What does Papa put into a sack before going to bed?
(a) A hot rock
(b) Some sandwiches
(c) Apples
(d) Keys

7. How much money does Mama give Robert to spend at the fair?
(a) A dime
(b) Two pennies
(c) A dollar
(d) A nickel

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

9. Aunt Carrie is obviously upset about the behavior of whom?
(a) Mr. Tanner
(b) Widow Bascom
(c) Robert
(d) Papa

10. What do Papa and Robert agree to never participate in again?
(a) A hunting expedition
(b) A branding
(c) A weasling
(d) Sunday services

11. Jack informs his parents that Pinky _____________________.
(a) Ran away
(b) Was injured
(c) Is sick
(d) Won the prize for best-behaved pig

12. What religion is Mr. Tanner?
(a) Jewish
(b) Methodist
(c) Catholic
(d) Baptist

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

14. What does Mr. Tanner warn Robert about when they reach the fairgrounds?
(a) Perverts in the restrooms
(b) Eating too much candy
(c) Sour apples
(d) Pickpockets

15. Mama says that ____________ might benefit from some loving kindness.
(a) Widow Bascom
(b) Papa
(c) Aunt Carrie
(d) Mama

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose voice does Robert not hear coming from downstairs?

2. What does Ira tell Robert about the calves he helped deliver?

3. What does Mama ask Robert to hunt for her?

4. What is the name of Mr. Tanner's boar?

5. What Shaker belief overshadows Robert's happiness at the prospect of paying off the farm?

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