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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 does Fone begin to do when the children play dead in his house?
(a) Sweep.
(b) Walks around sniffing of the children.
(c) List off the ingredients for possum stew.
(d) Do a dance.

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

3. What does Thorn say Gran'ma Ben goes into town each spring to do?
(a) Make a large bet on the festivities.
(b) See her boyfriend.
(c) Show off her fighting chickens.
(d) Show off her best racing cows.

4. What does the bartender say that Phoney is going to do in Chapter five to pay for the beers?
(a) Muck out the stables.
(b) Cut firewood.
(c) Sweep, mop, and clean the place.
(d) Work in the kitchen.

5. What do the possum children say that they are the best at?
(a) Rolling in the dirt.
(b) playing dead.
(c) Hanging upside down.
(d) Sleeping in the day.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gran'a say Phoney and Fone are obviously pets?

2. What does Phoney say in chapter three when his stomach growls?

3. How does Fone track the possum children when they leave his house?

4. In chapter three what does Phoney say Fone is probably doing at that moment?

5. What does THorn do when Fone begins to tell her about Moby Dick?

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