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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which Native American tribe used to inhabit the lands that make up the MacDonald farm?
(a) Blackfeet.
(b) Cree.
(c) Dakota Sioux.
(d) Lakota.

2. How does Ben react when the neighbor's dog charges him?
(a) Runs and hides.
(b) Screams and kicks at it.
(c) Smacks it on the nose.
(d) Drops to all fours and whines.

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

4. Why does the neighbor say the dog's reaction to Ben is unusual?
(a) The dog doesn't usually obey verbal commands.
(b) The dog doesn't normally care about kids.
(c) The dog only lets his owner close to him.
(d) The dog is usually friendly to strangers.

5. 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) Three or four.
(c) One or two.
(d) Eight or nine.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter One, what animal is Ben following?

2. By the end of the prologue, the MacDonalds have how many children?

3. What favor does the new neighbor ask of William MacDonald?

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

5. As the book opens, the author says that the name "Winnipeg" originated with which Native American tribe?

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