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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. What word does Abilene look up in the dictionary?
(a) Habitual.
(b) Manifest.
(c) Ubiquitous.
(d) Insidious.

2. What is Jinx doing when the boy returns?
(a) Sleeping by the river.
(b) Bathing in the river.
(c) Building a lean-to by the river.
(d) Fishing in the river.

3. Where does the sheriff say the murderer his brother-in-law is looking for might be?
(a) Hiding in someone's home.
(b) Hiding in the schoolyard.
(c) Camping in the woods.
(d) Living in the mines.

4. What is the coffin that Shady, Jinx, and Donal bury filled with?
(a) Rocks.
(b) Miricle elixir.
(c) Dirt.
(d) Papers.

5. What does Jinx do, when he hears a girl's voice?
(a) He hides.
(b) He runs away from her.
(c) He calls out to her.
(d) He runs toward her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What prank does Jinx play on the KKK members?

2. When Ruthanne's uncle comes back the next morning to investigate the sound, who does he bring with him?

3. Where does Abilene go with Lettie and Ruthanne, when they come over?

4. What is the janitor doing, when the girls see him at the school?

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

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