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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. For what is the badger searching when the author first introduces the character?
(a) Food.
(b) Danger.
(c) Den.
(d) Water.

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

4. How long ago did the MacDonalds come to the region to settle their farm?
(a) Two years.
(b) Twenty years.
(c) Five years.
(d) Fifty years.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does the MacDonald family react to seeing the badger Burton caught?

4. In what year does the prologue say this story takes place?

5. Where does the female badger frequently hunt while her babies are nursing?

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