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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the ox that pulls the family's wagon?
(a) Old Sol
(b) Samson
(c) Sanford
(d) Solomon

2. What does Robert do later in the day?
(a) Takes a walk with Pinky in the countryside
(b) Reads a book
(c) Takes a nap
(d) Picks apples

3. What do Robert and his father talk about as they build the piglet's house?
(a) School
(b) Shaker Law
(c) Tractors
(d) Girls

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

5. With what animal does Robert have an encounter?
(a) Cow
(b) Horse
(c) Wolf
(d) Dog

Short Answer Questions

1. What is wrong with the cow after she delivers the calf?

2. What is Robert's condition at the beginning of Chapter 2?

3. Which famous baseball player is in town and Robert wishes to see?

4. What does Robert ask his parents to tell the farmer?

5. What "frill" does Robert wish he could take part in on this day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Robert encounter when he wanders after leaving school?

2. What is the irony of the rough blanket for Robert?

3. What is Papa's position on every man completing his mission in life?

4. What does Robert mean by saying that Pinky is no "frill?"

5. How is Robert injured in his encounter with the cow?

6. What situation of foreshadowing occurs in Chapter 7?

7. What Shaker belief rules the building of Pinky's home?

8. Describe how Robert appreciates the beauty of nature in Chapter 7.

9. What is the literary technique used when Robert watches a crow kill a frog in a pond?

10. Describe Robert's appreciation for his simple meal of succotash and milk.

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