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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 do with the animal in #126?
(a) Stabs it
(b) Sets it free
(c) Puts it in a sack
(d) Shoots it

2. What does Robert have to do before he can go to the fair?
(a) Mend the fence
(b) Paint the front door
(c) Clean his room
(d) Clean the chicken coop

3. What are the names of Mr. Tanner's horses?
(a) Princess Elizabeth and Princess Sarah
(b) Quaker Lady and Quaker Gent
(c) Frick and Frack
(d) Polka Dot and Zig Zag

4. What do Papa and Robert agree to never participate in again?
(a) A hunting expedition
(b) Sunday services
(c) A weasling
(d) A branding

5. What does Robert spend his dime on?
(a) Lemonade
(b) A ride on the merry-go-round
(c) Cotton candy
(d) A bar of soap

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Mr. Tanner's boar?

2. Why does Robert want Pinky to have babies?

3. What does the Widow Bascom ask Robert to help her with?

4. Papa tells Robert that both dying and ________________ are dirty business.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Papa and Robert find in the cemetery?

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

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

4. How does Robert like the experience of showing Mr. Tanner's oxen?

5. What is the impact of Robert's incorrect smoking of the apple orchard?

6. How does Robert show that he is growing up in Chapter 13?

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

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

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

10. Why is Robert so alarmed at Pinky's breeding/

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