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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ode to the Rattler, Drawing Straws, Miss Sadie's Diving Parlor and Distribution.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much liquor does the sheriff demand from Shady by the next day?
(a) Quadruple his usual amount.
(b) One and a half times his usual amount.
(c) Double his usual amount.
(d) Triple his usual amount.

2. Who sends Abilene and her friends out to search for something?
(a) Sister Redempta.
(b) Mr. Underhill.
(c) Miss Sadie.
(d) Shady.

3. What sound does Ruthanne's uncle hear in the woods one night?
(a) A rattling sound.
(b) A booming sound.
(c) A ringing sound.
(d) A banging sound.

4. How does Abilene hope to avoid going to Miss Sadie's again?
(a) By making herself so valuable to Shady that he won't let her go.
(b) By pretending to be sick.
(c) By getting in so much trouble with Shady that he won't let her go.
(d) By pretending to have too much homework to do.

5. What attainment did Mrs. Evans' daughter achieve in 1918?
(a) Prom queen.
(b) Girls baseball MVP.
(c) Senior class president.
(d) School newspaper editor-in-chief.

Short Answer Questions

1. How well-made is Miss Sadie's gate?

2. Who builds Miss Sadie's gate?

3. When Jinx first appears in the story, what is he doing?

4. Why does Shady leave the house, allowing Abilene to sneak over to Miss Sadie's?

5. Where are Jinx and Shady headed when they run into the sheriff on September 1, 1918?

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