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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is the narrator when he goes to stay with his father's cousins?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Eight.
(c) Eleven.
(d) Twelve.

2. Which character has begun to weep at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Catherine.
(b) Collin.
(c) Riley.
(d) Dolly.

3. What is Dolly's potion made to cure?
(a) Emphysema.
(b) Dropsy.
(c) Diphtheria.
(d) Cholera.

4. What does Catherine refer to Verena as?
(a) The Spinster.
(b) That One.
(c) The Devil.
(d) The Old Bat.

5. Who comes to the narrator's house the day after his mother's funeral?
(a) Junius.
(b) Dolly.
(c) Riley.
(d) Verena.

6. Where do Maudie and her husband go on their honeymoon?
(a) The Grand Canyon.
(b) The French Riviera.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Canada.

7. What is the only meat that Dolly likes?
(a) Rabbit.
(b) Squirrel.
(c) Turkey.
(d) Chicken brain.

8. Where does Riley's mother go?
(a) Las Vegas.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Africa.
(d) An institution.

9. What room is the narrator unable to spy upon from the attic?
(a) Verena's room.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) Dolly's room.
(d) The parlor.

10. How old is the protagonist when the tree rebellion takes place?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Eleven.

11. What does Riley pass around to the others in the tree house in Chapter 2?
(a) Soda.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Bread rolls.
(d) Cigarettes.

12. What is the name of the character whom Verena had been attached to and heartbroken by?
(a) James Henderson.
(b) Maudie Murphy.
(c) Junius Candle.
(d) Charles Cool.

13. What is the name of Riley's uncle?
(a) Morris Ritz.
(b) Charles Cool.
(c) Horace Holton.
(d) Junius Candle.

14. What was the name of the Judge's wife?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Irene.
(c) Emily.
(d) Sarah.

15. Where is the little girl to whom the Judge wrote?
(a) Washington.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Alaska.
(d) Canada.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many bottles of the potion do they produce a week?

2. Where does the narrator suggest they go to live in Chapter 2?

3. How old is Riley when he comes to live in the town?

4. Who used to deliver the papers?

5. Where did the Judge go to school?

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