The Crossing Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 139 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Crossing Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 139 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Billy when he encounters the wolf?
(a) 21.
(b) 19.
(c) 16.
(d) 10.

2. Who do the boys see a little bit later on the same road?
(a) Some men on horseback.
(b) A wagon filled with agricultural workers.
(c) A sheriff and a prisoner.
(d) A group of nuns.

3. What is the name of the Parhams' other horse?
(a) Lightning.
(b) Avalon.
(c) Black Jack.
(d) Keno.

4. What is Billy's horse's name?
(a) Bird.
(b) Adelaide.
(c) Theo.
(d) Sunny.

5. Who had predicted what would happen with the wolf?
(a) The old bedridden man.
(b) His father.
(c) The rancher.
(d) Boyd.

6. What do the Indians do when they see Billy and Boyd?
(a) Share food with them.
(b) Run away from them.
(c) Shoot at them.
(d) Barely acknowledge them.

7. Where does Billy finally see the wolf?
(a) At the campsite.
(b) By a stream.
(c) In the meadow.
(d) On a hilltop.

8. What does the rancher's wife ask one of the ranch hands to do?
(a) Mend the wolf's leg wound.
(b) Milk the cows.
(c) Feed the horses.
(d) Wash the dishes.

9. Who is the rancher's wife?
(a) Jeanne Marie.
(b) Laura Mae.
(c) Mary Anne.
(d) Jane Ellen.

10. Where do Billy and Boyd spend weeks traveling?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Texas.
(c) Arizona.
(d) New Mexico.

11. What does the man in the ghost town advise Billy to do?
(a) Buy a new horse.
(b) Go east.
(c) Return home.
(d) Buy a ranch.

12. What makes the wolf grow even wilder as Billy holds her?
(a) A bear coming closer.
(b) The approaching thunderstorm.
(c) The sounds of gunshots.
(d) The Model T car approaches.

13. With what does Mr. Parham coat traps?
(a) Lamp oil.
(b) Beeswax.
(c) Lard.
(d) Honey.

14. Why had the wolf crossed into the United States from Mexico?
(a) She saw her mate caught in a trap.
(b) There is no more food in her home area.
(c) She got lost.
(d) She was chased by poachers.

15. Which Parham family members have already died by the time the family moves?
(a) Both grandfathers
(b) Brother and grandmother.
(c) Sister and grandmother.
(d) Two sisters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Billy refuses to leave the Mexican town without ________________.

2. How does Billy incapacitate the wolf?

3. What is the name of Billy's hometown?

4. How does Billy warn the vaqueros about the new trap in the abandoned campfire?

5. How many dogs attack the wolf at one time?

(see the answer keys)

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