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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. When Abilene visits Miss Sadie on June 13, 1936, what does she ask Miss Sadie about?
(a) A book.
(b) A picture.
(c) A curse.
(d) A song.

2. Who talks to Abilene about the embarrassment of foreign names?
(a) The sheriff.
(b) The butcher.
(c) The post office clerk.
(d) The barber.

3. What does the janitor accidentally drop when he hears a noise?
(a) His knife.
(b) His cigar.
(c) His hat.
(d) His broom.

4. What item in Miss Sadie's story seems similar to something Abilene found?
(a) A bottle.
(b) A shoe.
(c) A fishing lure.
(d) A robe.

5. Where are Jinx and Shady headed when they run into the sheriff on September 1, 1918?
(a) Shady's place.
(b) The post office.
(c) Widow Cane's property.
(d) Devlin's mines.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the subject of Stucky Cybulskis' writing?

2. What does the sheriff come to get from Shady?

3. What sound does Ruthanne's uncle hear in the woods one night?

4. Who does Jinx blame for Ned going to war?

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

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