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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 behavior that has angered Aunt Carrie?
(a) Lying
(b) Cohabiting without being married
(c) Working on Sunday
(d) Cheating on taxes

2. What crop will be diminished due to Robert's actions?
(a) Oats
(b) Corn
(c) Apples
(d) Wheat

3. What does Papa tell Robert that he wants to do to a neighbor's dog?
(a) Weasel it
(b) Shoot it
(c) Adopt it
(d) Train it

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pinky do that embarrasses Robert?

2. What does Robert realize about the three people who love him aside from his parents?

3. What does Robert know about his life at this point?

4. What is Mr. Hillman doing when Papa and Robert arrive at the cemetery?

5. What does the Widow Bascom give Robert in exchange for his help?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Robert show his forgiveness toward his father for slaughtering Pinky?

3. What good news does Robert get in Chapter 9?

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

5. What is the unspoken understanding regarding Pinky in the Peck household?

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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