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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. Who encouraged Mr. Tanner to take Robert to the fair?
(a) Mama
(b) Aunt Carrie
(c) Papa
(d) Widow Bascom

2. Papa wants Robert to ______________________.
(a) Go away and join the Navy
(b) Get a good education and use modern farming methods
(c) Become a doctor
(d) Become a minister

3. Pinky must be slaughtered because there is not enough food and ____________________.
(a) The family can't afford to feed her
(b) The farm has been sold
(c) Papa is ill
(d) The family is hungry for pork

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

5. What is Mr. Hillman doing when Papa and Robert arrive at the cemetery?
(a) Lying motionless
(b) Pacing in circles
(c) Sitting on the ground sobbing
(d) Digging a deep hole

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Robert leave out of his story about going to the fair?

2. What is the purpose of what father wants to do to the neighbor's dog?

3. What does Papa put into a sack before going to bed?

4. What does Papa do with the animal in #126?

5. What does Papa help Mr. Hillman to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Robert's maturity affecting his view on religion

2. Why does Mama send Robert out to hunt for a gray squirrel?

3. Explain Mama's position on Widow Bascom's situation.

4. What awakens Robert at the beginning of Chapter 8?

5. Describe how Robert's farm boy innocence exhibits at the fair.

6. How does Papa react to Robert's maturity over giving up Pinky for the welfare of the family?

7. What does it mean to "weasel" a dog?

8. What is Robert's reaction to the weaseling?

9. What does Robert hear his mother and aunt discussing in Chapter 9?

10. How does Chapter 8 demonstrate the tolerance of the people in the Shaker religion?

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