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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ma have Pa do to get him to stop thinking about dying?
(a) Look at old photos of themselves.
(b) Call a neighbor to talk.
(c) Say a prayer together.
(d) Talk about it with her.

2. What does G.'s mother say about everything that displeases her?
(a) "It's a shame."
(b) "Oh, no!"
(c) "Too bad."
(d) "I'm angry now."

3. An old woman walks circles in the night outside in Chapter 2. Why?
(a) She is very lost.
(b) She has a high fever.
(c) She is practicing a dance.
(d) She is drunk.

4. What does the old man say Mr. Slime is telling the people they should own?
(a) More livestock.
(b) Pigeons.
(c) Gold.
(d) Their own land.

5. Why does G.'s next door neighbor box her son's, Bob's, ears?
(a) He was late to supper.
(b) He got into a fight with G.
(c) He broke G.'s mother's pumpkin vine.
(d) He cursed out loud.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ma tell Pa that he sees salvation in?

2. What is one of the ways in which the old man and the old woman make a living?

3. Who does the old woman say is Mr. Slime's enemy?

4. What did the old man once do that had money flowing through his hands "like the flood"?

5. Who do Bob's and G.'s mother decide are not worth bothering about?

(see the answer key)

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