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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the date that Danny and his father pull off the poaching heist?
(a) September 29.
(b) October 1.
(c) September 30.
(d) November 1.

2. How many pheasants have Danny and his father bagged from Hazell Wood on their poaching excursion?
(a) 200.
(b) 120.
(c) 140.
(d) 150.

3. What does Danny say he thinks his father could have been great as if he had had good schooling in Chapter 12?
(a) A schoolteacher.
(b) A photographer.
(c) A naturalist.
(d) A banker.

4. What do Danny and his father have for their midnight feast in Chapter 12?
(a) Tuna sandwiches and hot chocolate.
(b) Turkey legs and hot chocolate.
(c) Mince meat pie and milk.
(d) Chicken salad sandwiches and tea.

5. What does Captain Lancaster do to punish Danny and his friend for cheating in Chapter 12?
(a) He puts him in the corner.
(b) He spanks him with a paddle.
(c) He sends him to the headmaster's office.
(d) He hits his hand with a cane.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is Captain Lancaster's hair?

2. How much of each sleeping pill will go into each raisin for Danny's father's plan in Chapter 11?

3. How old is Christopher Clipstone said to be in Chapter 19?

4. What is the name of the head keeper at Hazell's Wood?

5. Danny's father states in Chapter 18 that when they roast pheasants, they will put what over the breasts of the birds while baking them?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Mr. Snoddy's secret and how did Danny discover it?

2. What equipment does Danny's father decide to buy in Chapter 18? Why?

3. Where do Danny and his father take the pheasants in Chapter 17? Why?

4. What does Danny's father reveal to him about Danny's mother that surprises him in Chapter 13?

5. What happens when Mrs. Clipstone arrives at the gas station in Chapter 19?

6. What are the circumstances when the title of the novel appears in the text for the first time?

7. How do Danny and his father transport the pheasants from Hazell Wood in Chapter 17? Who assists them?

8. How does Danny's father respond when he discovers Danny's punishment at school in Chapter 12?

9. What do "keepers" refer to and what danger do they present to Danny and his father?

10. Who is Enoch Samways? What are Danny's impressions of this character?

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