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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Owen begs Del to _____________________ in a desperate attempt to save Major.
(a) Run away with Major
(b) Talk to their father
(c) Let Major loose
(d) Tell him how to pray

2. Who is the boarder that Del's mother takes in?
(a) Fawn Dogherty
(b) Fern Dogherty
(c) Fern Dawson
(d) Felicia Dogherty

3. Which of the following do Del's aunts not do for the family?
(a) Tutor the children
(b) Preserve fruits and vegetables
(c) Bake and cook
(d) Darn socks

4. How does Del believe her prayer is answered?
(a) Her hair is really shiny
(b) Her teacher excuses her from sewing lessons
(c) She gets asked to the prom
(d) She gets a college scholarship

5. What does Uncle Bill ask for but Mother does not have in the house?
(a) Coffee
(b) Hot chocolate
(c) Wine
(d) Tea

6. What extreme weather occurs during the last spring that Del spends in Jubilee?
(a) A hurricane
(b) A blizzard
(c) A flood
(d) A tornado

7. How long to Uncle Bill and Aunt Nile stay at Del's house?
(a) One night
(b) One month
(c) One afternoon
(d) One week

8. What is Del's favorite thing out of all of Benny's possessions?
(a) Snow globe
(b) Chintz chair
(c) A stack of newspapers
(d) Aquarium

9. How old is Del in this chapter?
(a) 18
(b) 14
(c) 16
(d) 12

10. Owen asks Del whether a prayer for Major would mean ___________________.
(a) He would stop escaping
(b) He wouldn't be shot
(c) He would stop killing
(d) He would go to heaven

11. What group does Del's mother eventually join?
(a) The Democratic fundraising group
(b) The Garden Club
(c) The Great Books discussion group
(d) Daughters of the American Revolution

12. What happens to Uncle Craig's manuscript?
(a) Del makes arrangements to have it edited
(b) Del has it published
(c) Del donates it to the library
(d) Del assumes it is ruined

13. What does Del do to Mary Agnes?
(a) Bites her
(b) Screams at her
(c) Pushes her down the steps
(d) Slaps her

14. Which of the following is not something Del notes as different in town and the country?
(a) Landscape
(b) People
(c) Sunday supper
(d) Houses

15. What type of newspapers does Benny collect?
(a) Weekly
(b) Daily
(c) Tabloids
(d) Monthly

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Del's mother accuse Del of becoming?

2. Where do Aunt Elspeth and Aunt Grace move after Uncle Craig's death?

3. What do Del's aunts believe should be avoided in life?

4. What reality about Uncle Benny does Del try to understand?

5. What happens when Major kills another sheep?

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