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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ben react when the badger returns at the beginning of Chapter Eight?
(a) He welcomes her back warmly.
(b) He is angry and scolds her.
(c) He is terrified and screams.
(d) He doesn't notice that she has returned.

2. What purpose does the badger's second tunnel serve as she completes her digging project?
(a) Predator confusion.
(b) Emergency escape.
(c) Light source.
(d) Main entrance.

3. Instead of resting after the digging project is completed, the female badger begins to do what?
(a) Hunt.
(b) Look for her mate.
(c) Bathe.
(d) Gather grasses.

4. Why does the author say the real agony begins for the badger at dawn of the second morning?
(a) She can hear her pups crying for food.
(b) She realizes that her mate is dead.
(c) She knows she is going to die.
(d) She has to hunt with her injuries.

5. How does Esther react when Ben refuses to come inside for dinner after Burton shows them the dead male badger?
(a) She tells him she'll put a plate aside for him.
(b) She yells and spanks him.
(c) She forces him in the house.
(d) She gets angry with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the badger returns to the den in Chapter Eight, what animal does she bring for Ben to eat?

2. As Chapter Nine begins, at what point does Esther begin to wonder where Ben is?

3. Why does Ben initially decide not to head for home in Chapter Seven?

4. Who does Ben see on a horse in the distance that sends him scurrying for the burrow in Chapter Eight?

5. How does the author say Esther MacDonald reacts to the journey in the prologue?

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