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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 help Mr. Hillman to do?
(a) Dig a new grave
(b) Bury his brother's coffin
(c) Remove a small coffin from the grave
(d) Plant flowers

2. What does Papa put into a sack before going to bed?
(a) Apples
(b) Some sandwiches
(c) A hot rock
(d) Keys

3. What never happens in spite of Papa's best efforts?
(a) Papa goes to the fair
(b) Robert can't go to college
(c) Mama does not get a new dress
(d) A deer does not pass by

4. What does Robert call Mr. Hillman's voice?
(a) A sad song
(b) A cry for help
(c) An illness
(d) A boiling kettle

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Papa ask Robert to do?

2. Why is Papa unable to hunt properly?

3. Where does Robert wish he could take Pinky?

4. Why does Robert promise two piglets to Mr. Tanner?

5. What does Pinky do that embarrasses Robert?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How

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

5. What is the weaseling procedure in which Robert participates/

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

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

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

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

10. What is the significance of Pinky's being barren?

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