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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Middle Ground stories.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Emily Grierson when she dies?
(a) 74.
(b) 84.
(c) 64.
(d) 94.

2. Which of the following activities would one use a scythe for?
(a) Entertaining children.
(b) Cutting grain.
(c) Rowing a boat.
(d) Removing cotton from its casing.

3. What is the name of the Indian man Herman Basket's sister marries?
(a) Leaf-On-Stick.
(b) Wolf-In-Mountains.
(c) Star-In-Sky.
(d) Log-In-Creek.

4. Why does the president decide to hold a "mock trial" for the Indian chief's nephew?
(a) To get the Indians off his land.
(b) To appease the townsfolk.
(c) To punish the nephew to the fullest extent of the law.
(d) To fool the Indians into thinking that he understands the law.

5. At the end of the story "Elly," which of the following is the only character who is still alive?
(a) Grandmother.
(b) None of the above, all the characters die.
(c) Paul de Montigny.
(d) Elly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following statements is NOT true in the story "Wash"?

2. What type of snake bites the runaway slave in the story "Red Leaves"?

3. What animal does Doom kill using a salt he has brought back from the white man's land?

4. In the story "A Courtship," what does David Hogganbeck drive for a living?

5. During which of the following holidays do Hubert Jarrod and Louise King meet?

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