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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the names of Mr. Tanner's horses?

2. What does Pinky do that embarrasses Robert?

3. What does Papa do with the animal in #126?

4. What does Papa tell Robert before he leaves to go to the fair?

5. Who had been the child's mother?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Robert begins to show signs of maturity as the story evolves. Cite at least three examples that show that Robert is growing up and note why you selected the examples.

Essay Topic 2

Explain how you think Robert will decide to live his life after Papa's death? Will he continue to be a farmer and a Shaker? Or will he find a way to get an education and move into the outside world? Provide some support for your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Papa at first does not want Robert to accept the gift of the piglet because it is a "frill." Explain what a frill is and why Papa would be so opposed to Robert's acquisition of one.

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