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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 does Robert help his father do on this day?
(a) Milk the cows
(b) Harvest corn
(c) Pick apples
(d) Mend a fence

2. What is Papa's mission?
(a) Teach school
(b) Build furniture
(c) Slaughter pigs
(d) Become a minister

3. What do Robert and his father do together?
(a) Sing a song
(b) Watch the sunset
(c) Milk the cows
(d) Read the Bible

4. What does Pinky eat while in the countryside?
(a) Grass
(b) Berries
(c) Mushrooms
(d) Butternuts

5. What animal does the bird swoop down and kill close to where Robert is lying in the grass?
(a) Gopher
(b) Rabbit
(c) Cat
(d) Mouse

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Robert's father's name?

2. What does Robert think Pinky does each time she sees him?

3. What is father working on when Robert gets home?

4. Who does the tutor think it would be easier to teach than Robert?

5. What is Robert's mother's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Robert's observations about a hawk flying overhead.

2. Explain why even though Papa has no formal education, he is still well aware of his worth.

3. How is Aunt Mattie's exasperation also a source of humor?

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

5. What is Robert's odd behavior after the hawk catches a rabbit?

6. What is humorous about Robert's interpretation of his aunt's proposal of tutoring?

7. What is the metaphor Robert sees in the dust trail left by a wagon?

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

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

10. How is Papa's sense of humor revealed in Chapter 3?

(see the answer keys)

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