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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) Jumping off the table.
(b) Cracking nuts.
(c) Throwing rocks in the fire.
(d) Swimming in the stew.

2. What is Phoney doing when Fone goes back into the house?
(a) Sitting with his muddy feet on the table.
(b) Going through Gran'ma's house for valuables.
(c) Pouring the stew out on the ground because it isn't good enough.
(d) Eating Gran'ma's special pie.

3. What does Thorn say she has done when she wakes Fone up in the beginning of Chapter three?
(a) Got Fone some new clothes.
(b) Fixed Fone some cakes.
(c) Gathered maps for Fone to look at.
(d) Went to town to get Fone a new knap sack.

4. What does Phoney tell Smiley they need to find in Chapter five?
(a) A means of transportation.
(b) A cow suit.
(c) A green tamborine.
(d) A rubber hose.

5. What does Thorn tell Fone when he asks her why they are stopping in Chapter five?
(a) She knows of a cave.
(b) There is a neighboring farm they are going to head for.
(c) She knows a short cut.
(d) She wants to go back for Gran'ma.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Phoney say to Ted when they meet?

2. Why does Miz 'Possum say she doesn't get out of the house much in Chapter two?

3. What does Fone begin to do when the children play dead in his house?

4. What surprises Phoney when he enters Barrelhaven?

5. What does Fone offer to do for the children when they first get back to Fone's home in Chapter two?

(see the answer key)

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