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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following must Robert not have to account for from his day at the fair?
(a) Eating too much candy
(b) Repaying the feed that Pinky ate
(c) Missing chores
(d) Being late

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

3. How many piglets has Pinky produced
(a) 3
(b)
(c) 18
(d) 7

4. What has Mr. Tanner requested Robert's help with?
(a) Cutting hay
(b) Delivering a new calf
(c) Planting corn
(d) Taking the oxen to the fair

5. What does Mama want from the animal Robert hunts?
(a) Dinner
(b) Antlers
(c) Fur
(d) Ground up nuts

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

7. What is Robert doing at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Bathing Pinky
(b) Eating supper
(c) Taking a nap
(d) Doing homework

8. What has Mama never complained about according to Papa?
(a) Having too much work
(b) The bad smell of butchering
(c) Never getting store-bought dresses
(d) Not having enough money

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

10. What does the Widow Bascom give Robert in exchange for his help?
(a) Some marbles
(b) A dime
(c) A new Bible
(d) Gingersnaps and buttermilk

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

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

13. What else does Mama send with Robert to go to the fair?
(a) A full food basket
(b) A sweater
(c) A Bible
(d) A sun hat

14. What does Pinky do that embarrasses Robert?
(a) Knocks over a lemonade stand
(b) Soils Mrs. Tanner's dress
(c) Runs into the show ring
(d) Eats Mrs. Tanner's lunch

15. What are Papa and Robert unable to do on this morning?
(a) Go to town
(b) Say prayers
(c) Finish breakfast
(d) Milk the cows

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ira Long?

2. What do Papa and Robert agree to never participate in again?

3. Why is Papa unable to hunt properly?

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

5. What does Robert spend his dime on?

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