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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, The Longhair.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is caught in a small snare trap that the old man has set at the beginning of the story?
(a) Mouse
(b) Snake
(c) Fox
(d) Sparrow

2. When Abel is 17, Francisco gets him to go hunting and the first animal he kills is a ______________.
(a) Horse
(b) Snake
(c) Mule doe
(d) Rabbit

3. What does Mrs. Martin St. John ask Father Olguin to help her find when she stays in town?
(a) Someone to cut wood
(b) Someone to date
(c) Someone to give her a tour
(d) Someoen to help her move

4. What would Nicolas teah-whau beg for at the side of the road of others who passed?
(a) Bread
(b) Jam
(c) Whiskey
(d) Books

5. Abel heard the sound of the ____________ and it filled him with a particular kind of dread that remained with him throughout his days.
(a) Death
(b) Wind
(c) Storms
(d) Water

Short Answer Questions

1. What appears at the trading post when Francisco arrives around 1:00 PM?

2. Forming a large __________, the men moved slowly inwards, clapping their hands and picking off their victims.

3. Abel came upon a(n) ___________ house, a small tower of stone built around a pit, hollow and open at the top.

4. There was plenty of excitement at the gathering in January of 1937 as the men shouted and _______________.

5. Francisco and Abel went to the ________ where some old people had already gathered and begun to sing.

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