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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 one of the reasons for the troubles facing the Pecks?
(a) Papa cannot hunt effectively
(b) Winter has come too early
(c) Mama had cancer
(d) Robert got a virus

2. What do Papa and the other men put into a barrel?
(a) Potatoes
(b) Root beer
(c) The dog and the weasel
(d) Pickles

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

4. Who had been the child's mother?
(a) Mrs. Hillman
(b) Robert's teacher
(c) A hired woman in the Hillman home
(d) Aunt Carrie

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose voice does Robert not hear coming from downstairs?

2. What does Robert do with the oxen at the fair?

3. How does Pinky behave in the show ring?

4. What happens if Pinky is found to be barren?

5. What does Robert spend his dime on?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What phrase of Papa's is Robert mindful of as he rides with Mr. Tanner?

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

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

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

8. How

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

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

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