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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do they take with them when leaving the tree house at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) Nothing.
(b) The quilt.
(c) The food.
(d) The goldfish.

2. What is the name of the bakery from which Riley brings rolls to the tree house?
(a) Katydid.
(b) Talbo Corner.
(c) Lucky O.
(d) Katz.

3. Where does the baker go to have a time-off beer in the town?
(a) Phil's Cafe.
(b) Pete's Cafe.
(c) Joe's Tavern.
(d) Mildred's Tavern.

4. What is the name of the baker's son?
(a) Johnny.
(b) David.
(c) Samuel.
(d) Richard.

5. How does the narrator catch the fish?
(a) Bare-handed.
(b) With a knife.
(c) With a fishing pole.
(d) With a reed.

6. Where do Riley and Collin head at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Toward Verena's house.
(b) Toward the town.
(c) Toward the river.
(d) Toward the ocean.

7. Who stands his ground in refusing to leave Dolly alone with Verena in Chapter 6?
(a) The Judge.
(b) Riley.
(c) Collin.
(d) Catherine.

8. What does the man whom Maudie Murphy leaves with do for a living?
(a) Sold detergent.
(b) Sold whiskey.
(c) Sold neckties.
(d) Sold blankets.

9. What does Riley whip his sisters with?
(a) A paddle.
(b) A switch.
(c) A tennis shoe.
(d) A belt.

10. Who is approaching the tree house at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) Catherine.
(b) The Bailiff.
(c) The Sheriff.
(d) The Judge.

11. Who tells Elizabeth and Maude that Catherine is arrested for hitting Mrs. Buster with a mason jar?
(a) Wilbur Johnson.
(b) Gus Ham.
(c) Uriah Talbo.
(d) Riley Henderson.

12. 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.

13. What is the name of one of Sister Ida's daughters?
(a) Juliet Juletta.
(b) Sister Laura.
(c) Texaco Gasoline.
(d) Jenny Juniper.

14. Whose ears does Verena box in the battle by the tree?
(a) Dolly's.
(b) Amos'.
(c) The Sheriff's.
(d) Collin's.

15. Who does the narrator take piano lessons from?
(a) Maude's father.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Maude's mother.
(d) Elizabeth's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the town barber's name?

2. What kind of cake does the narrator dream of baking inside the house boat?

3. Who uses the house boat as a hideout?

4. What is scattered about the house boat?

5. Who is known in the town as the biggest gossip?

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