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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is done about the frequent visitors to the farm while Matt is ill?
(a) The sheriff is called.
(b) Food is put out for them.
(c) Neighbors create a watch.
(d) Jethro stands on guard every night.

2. What happens to Jethro's well while Matt is ill?
(a) It dries up.
(b) It is covered with large stones.
(c) It is filled in.
(d) It is contaminated.

3. Why do federal agents come to the Creighton's house?
(a) They want Jethro to join the army.
(b) Eb has gone missing.
(c) They think a deserter is hiding in the barn.
(d) They are investigating Hig Phillips' murder.

4. What do some people do on battlefields when the war begins?
(a) Picnic.
(b) Call for peace.
(c) Protest.
(d) Take pictures.

5. How was Jethro's well made unusable?
(a) Dave Burdow poured sand and stones in it.
(b) Guy Wortman poured coal oil in it.
(c) A sick animal died in it.
(d) A flood moved large stones over the top of it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the strange noises in the woods coming from while Jethro is working in the field?

2. What does the President decide to do about the deserters?

3. What does Jethro carry while working in the fields after the federal agents come to the farm?

4. Who is given charge of the farm when Matt is incapacitated?

5. Who helps Jethro in the fields when his father is hurt?

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