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

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

3. What is the name of Mr. Tanner's boar?
(a) Sam
(b) Goliath
(c) Ulysses
(d) Samson

4. Where does Robert wish he could take Pinky?
(a) The Rutland County Fair
(b) To Sunday School
(c) To town
(d) To school

5. What does Mr. Tanner say about the boar's dominance over Pinky?
(a) The boar will be shot
(b) It will be over soon
(c) It is the natural order of things
(d) Something has made the boar crazy

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pinky do that embarrasses Robert?

2. How many piglets has Pinky produced

3. What crop will be diminished due to Robert's actions?

4. What special treat does the family have for dinner?

5. What do Papa and the other men put into a barrel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What have been Robert's experiences with Widow Bascom?

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

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

4. What is the scenario of Robert's return from the fair?

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

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

7. What does Mama send with Robert to the fair?

8. On what topic must Robert remind himself not to be too greedy?

9. Why does the family not have enough food to eat for the winter?

10. What happens when Papa, Robert and Mr. Hillman leave the cemetery?

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