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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what state does the novel take place?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Mississippi.

2. Who says, "Today, when I started out with the Sheriff's party, I was a man convinced that his life will have passed uncommunicated and without trace. I think now that I will not have been so unfortunate"?
(a) Collin.
(b) The Judge.
(c) Mrs. Buster.
(d) Riley.

3. What does the girl from the Judge's letters send him when he tells her he is going to law school?
(a) A lucky pebble.
(b) A rabbit's foot.
(c) A gold nugget.
(d) A silver coin.

4. What does Dolly reveal to the others in the tree house that Verena does?
(a) Sneaks food at night.
(b) Dances.
(c) Dates a man.
(d) Smokes a pipe.

5. If it hadn't been for whom, no one would have known that they were in the tree?
(a) Dolly.
(b) Collin.
(c) Riley.
(d) Verena.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the character whom Verena had been attached to and heartbroken by?

2. What does the Judge refer to their group as in Chapter 3?

3. What is the Reverend's last name?

4. Who tells the Judge in Chapter 2, "If you weren't so old, I'd damn well knock you down"?

5. Where do Maudie and her husband go on their honeymoon?

(see the answer key)

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