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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 - 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what does the letter from the Government tell Luke's father to get rid of?
(a) Their sheep.
(b) Their cows.
(c) Their horses.
(d) Their hogs.

2. What is Luke delighted to find after his whole family leaves in a hurry in Chapter 8?
(a) The kitchen windown shade is up.
(b) A freshly baked cake.
(c) The kitchen window shade is down.
(d) A big slab of butter for his toast.

3. What do Dad, Matthew, and Mark load up for slaughter at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) Cows.
(b) Hogs.
(c) Goats.
(d) Sheep.

4. What does Luke beg his mother to convince his dad of in Chapter 9?
(a) Allowing Luke back in the kitchen.
(b) Allowing Luke to listen to the radio.
(c) Allowing Luke to look out the windows.
(d) Allowing Luke outside.

5. Why are the new residents that will be living next to Luke called a special name?
(a) They are gangsters.
(b) They are of royal blood.
(c) They are famous.
(d) They are really rich people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Luke tells his brother he put into the bread?

2. What does Luke imagine in Chapter 7, which he feels guilty about?

3. Who did Luke's Mother hide her pregnancy from?

4. What does Mother do when she opens the tax bill?

5. After Matthew asks how the family can possibly pay the property taxes, what does Mother announce she has just received?

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