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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10, 11 and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What derogatory term do the people in the train station call Gertie?
(a) Stupid
(b) Hillbilly
(c) Thickheaded
(d) Blockhead

2. Which of the following words best describes how the cab driver responds to the excitement of Gertie's children?
(a) Ignoring
(b) Mocking
(c) Indifferent
(d) Excitedly

3. What takes the joy out of his hunting triumph for Reuben?
(a) Getting in trouble for shooting it illegally
(b) Getting yelled at for hunting on Sunday
(c) Remembering Henley is dead
(d) Knowing his father is not there to see it

4. Why are the children quarrelsome at the end of chapter five?
(a) They are afraid
(b) They are excited
(c) They are tired
(d) They are bored

5. How was Gertie's brother killed?
(a) Suicide
(b) War
(c) Disease
(d) Murder

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gertie leave many trees alone when she goes out for wood to make axe handles?

2. Why is Gertie traveling into town?

3. Which of the following literary elements is not found in chapters six through nine?

4. Which of the following terms best describes how the other children treated the one child who had difficulty reading?

5. Over what did Gertie and Clovis argue?

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