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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what time does the narrator say the rain slackens in Chapter 6?
(a) Near two.
(b) Near dawn.
(c) Near dusk.
(d) Near midnight.

2. Who does Verena lean upon when approaching the tree in Chapter 6?
(a) Dorothy.
(b) The Sheriff.
(c) Collin.
(d) Amos.

3. What object is used for passing around money by the traveling evangelists?
(a) The Magic Hat.
(b) God's Washline.
(c) The Sacret Scarf.
(d) The Holy Bonnett.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Little Homer take out of his hat in Chapter 6 while in the tree?

2. Who fires the gun in Chapter 6?

3. What does Verena refer to Dr. Ritz as in Chapter 6?

4. What do his peers nickname the baker's son?

5. What do they take with them when leaving the tree house at the end of Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Riley shot during the fight?

2. Where do Collin and Riley go in Chapter 5? Why?

3. Who asks Dolly to come with them in Chapter 6? What is her response?

4. What happens when Collin and Riley return to the tree house in Chapter 4?

5. What news does Riley overhear outside the jailhouse in Chapter 4?

6. What conversation do Collin and Dolly have once he has returned to the tree house in Chapter 4?

7. What news and provisions does Riley return with in Chapter 4?

8. How does the Judge tell the group to prepare for the battle at the tree in Chapter 6?

9. Whom does the narrator encounter while hiding out in Riley's car in Chapter 5? What does this character do?

10. How and why are the evangelists run out of town?

(see the answer keys)

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