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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Chapter One opens, what animal is Ben MacDonald following?
(a) Mouse.
(b) Deer.
(c) Hen.
(d) Rabbit.

2. What is the name of the neighbor's dog?
(a) Lobo.
(b) McCray.
(c) Burton.
(d) Hill.

3. The neighbor is surprised to learn that Ben is six years old, because Ben looks as though he ought to be how old?
(a) Eleven or twelve.
(b) Eight or nine.
(c) One or two.
(d) Three or four.

4. What reputation does the neighbor have with the townspeople of Winnipeg?
(a) They don't know anything about him.
(b) They are afraid of him.
(c) They think he's a coward and a bully.
(d) They think he is kind and friendly.

5. As far as the townspeople can tell, the new neighbor originally comes from where?
(a) Toronto.
(b) Quebec.
(c) Winnipeg.
(d) Ontario.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Esther ask Ben to respond to the new neighbor?

2. After the initial digging, the badger moves away and begins to dig again at what distance from the first site?

3. In Chapter One, what is William's attitude toward Ben?

4. How long ago did the MacDonalds come to the region to settle their farm?

5. Lord Selkirk, who manages the Hudson Bay Company, brings in settlers from which country to farm the Winnipeg area?

(see the answer key)

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