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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the Little Homer's brother, who is with the narrator in the tree in Chapter 6?
(a) George.
(b) Buck.
(c) Bob.
(d) Jack.

2. What does Little Homer lower out of the tree in Chapter 6?
(a) A gun.
(b) A noose.
(c) A bottle rocket.
(d) A knife.

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

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

5. Why does Catherine leave the tree house in Chapter 4?
(a) To go home.
(b) To look for Riley.
(c) To look for Collin.
(d) To gather food.

6. Who is known in the town as the biggest gossip?
(a) The barber.
(b) The baker.
(c) The Sheriff.
(d) The cobbler.

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

8. What does the narrator say it seems like the tree house is doing at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) Melting.
(b) Crying.
(c) Dying.
(d) Dissolving.

9. On what date does Chapter 5 begin?
(a) October 1.
(b) October 20.
(c) November 2.
(d) November 1.

10. What kind of cake does the narrator dream of baking inside the house boat?
(a) Vanilla.
(b) Coconut.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Cherry Cream.

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

12. What is the town barber's name?
(a) Ronald Barber.
(b) Jefferey Walters.
(c) Amos Legrand.
(d) Andy Wilson.

13. Whose father teaches violin lessons?
(a) Riley's.
(b) Elizabeth's.
(c) Cynthia's.
(d) Maude's.

14. Where does Dolly take Verena in Chapter 6?
(a) Into the hospital.
(b) Into their house.
(c) Into the tree.
(d) Down to the river.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the schoolmaster at the town school?

2. Who uses the house boat as a hideout?

3. What is the one thing that Catherine asks to have brought to her in the jail?

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

5. Who does the narrator find in the tree house when he returns after Catherine is taken away?

(see the answer keys)

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