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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the children got sick, what did Mother do?
(a) She left them alone to rest.
(b) She waited on them hand and foot.
(c) She prepared each child's favorite meal for them.
(d) She took the youngest children to her parent's house.

2. What was the family's code name for going to the bathroom in the woods instead of using a public restroom?
(a) "Visiting Mr. Tree."
(b) "Visiting Mrs. Murphy."
(c) "Visiting Mr. Meadow."
(d) "Visiting Mrs. Willow."

3. Where did the family usually stay on their way to their vacation destination?
(a) A hotel in Boston.
(b) A hotel in New London, Connecticut.
(c) In a small cottage beside the water.
(d) Aunt Elinor's house.

4. How did Uncle Fred surprise Mother and the children?
(a) He took them to the ocean.
(b) He got on the train one stop before their final destination.
(c) He brought presents for each one of them.
(d) He took them to a carnival.

5. Whom did Dad pretend to be after a woman commented about the children?
(a) A policeman who was taking a group of undisciplined children to an orphanage.
(b) A teacher who was taking children on a field trip.
(c) The leader of a group of circus performers.
(d) A benevolent superintendent who was taking a group of orphans out for the day.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did the townspeople play a joke on?

2. Which of the following is not a challenge Mother faced as she traveled with the children?

3. What happened to Martha's two canaries during their summer travel?

4. In Chapter 1, what does the reader learn about how Dad strived to please his family?

5. What did Mother and Dad disagree about?

(see the answer key)

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