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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when the mother realizes she doesn't have her ticket?
(a) She is kicked off the train with her baby.
(b) Those around her understand her situation so it is all right.
(c) They tell her to run and get it from her husband, but to leave the baby on the train.
(d) They take her jewelry to pay for the ticket.

2. How are they going to arrive at their destination?
(a) They are going to walk across the frozen river.
(b) By wagon.
(c) By car.
(d) By bus.

3. What do the inquisitors accuse the father of doing?
(a) Stealing some important papers.
(b) Sneaking out of the country.
(c) Murder.
(d) Spying.

4. Where does the mother wait for the father?
(a) Inside the station house.
(b) In town.
(c) Outside the station house.
(d) On the train.

5. Who meets the mother after several hours?
(a) The father.
(b) The conductor, on his way back.
(c) The police.
(d) The ticket clerk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do they confront when they are near their destination?

2. What danger do they face as they cross the river?

3. How old is the author in 1933?

4. About whom is the boy thinking when he follows through with the tradition?

5. What happens to Pumpkin?

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