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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who fires the gun in Chapter 6?
(a) The Sheriff.
(b) Collin.
(c) Verena.
(d) Big Eddie Stover.

2. What color hair does Maude have?
(a) Blonde.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) Brunette.

3. What does Little Homer take out of his hat in Chapter 6 while in the tree?
(a) Money.
(b) A rope.
(c) A gun.
(d) A knife.

4. Who is shot in the battle by the tree?
(a) Riley.
(b) Dolly.
(c) Collin.
(d) The Judge.

5. What does everyone take out that they had bought from Little Homer while in the tree in Chapter 6?
(a) Ropes.
(b) Toy guns.
(c) Prayer books.
(d) Tin whistles.

6. What is the prize in the competition Maude is in the finals for?
(a) A trip to Washington.
(b) $500.
(c) $5,000.
(d) College scholarship.

7. What does Riley stop to urinate on when on the outing with Collin?
(a) A pile of leaves.
(b) Ants.
(c) A dead animal.
(d) Graves.

8. Who is the first to awaken in Chapter 4?
(a) Riley.
(b) Catherine.
(c) Dolly.
(d) Collin.

9. What does Judge do while the boys are away in the town?
(a) Proposes to Dolly.
(b) Makes a fire.
(c) Proposes to Catherine.
(d) Cooks the catfish.

10. Who claims, "Responsible? No one is that; except ourselves" in Chapter 6?
(a) Collin.
(b) Riley.
(c) Verena.
(d) Dolly.

11. What is the name of the town livery?
(a) Talbo Livery.
(b) Copper's Livery.
(c) Jackson's Livery.
(d) Johnston's Livery.

12. Who uses the house boat as a hideout?
(a) Riley.
(b) The Judge.
(c) The Sheriff.
(d) Collin.

13. Where are Dolly and the Judge when the narrator returns from his outing with Riley in Chapter 4?
(a) In the jail.
(b) High in the tree.
(c) In the tree house.
(d) In the town.

14. What do his peers nickname the baker's son?
(a) Horse.
(b) Ram.
(c) Mule.
(d) Bear.

15. Who says, "I'm feeling old, I want my sister"?
(a) Dolly.
(b) Verena.
(c) Collin.
(d) The Judge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the woman whose wagon Riley almost hits on the road in Chapter 5?

2. Whose ears does Verena box in the battle by the tree?

3. What kind of fish do the narrator and Riley catch?

4. What is the name of the child evangelist?

5. What kind of car does Riley drive?

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