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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the possum children doing when Fone first enters his home in Chapter two?
(a) Swimming in the stew.
(b) Jumping off the table.
(c) Cracking nuts.
(d) Throwing rocks in the fire.

2. What does Phoney say in chapter three when his stomach growls?
(a) He just ate a stick an hour ago.
(b) He doesn't want to hear any more back talk.
(c) Shut up!
(d) His stomach is just as mad at Fone as he is.

3. Why does Gran'ma say for them not to worry about her in Chapter five?
(a) She used to have a pet rat.
(b) Her father taught her how to handle rats.
(c) She has a secret weapon.
(d) She fought the rats back in the big war.

4. What surprises Phoney when he enters Barrelhaven?
(a) No one is wearing any shoes.
(b) Smiley is the bartender.
(c) There are cows inside the bar.
(d) How dirty everything is.

5. What stops the cow that was running toward the house?
(a) Gran'ma jumps on the cow's back.
(b) Gran'ma pulls out cow feed.
(c) Gran'ma grabs it by the tail.
(d) Nothing stops it, it runs through the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the bartender say that Phoney is going to do in Chapter five to pay for the beers?

2. What does Thorn say the people in the village bet?

3. What does Fone say about the help that Miz 'Possum has given to him?

4. What does Smiley say was the first endeavor that Phoney was involved in when he got ran out of Boneville the first time?

5. What does Phoney order when he steps into Barrelhaven?

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