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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of fruit trees does Peter consider planting in Chapter 36?
(a) Peach and apple.
(b) Apple and pear.
(c) Apple and cherry.
(d) Apple and plum.

2. Where do Pax and Peter lay together in Chapter 33?
(a) By the mill.
(b) Under a spruce.
(c) Meadow.
(d) Under a pine.

3. In Chapter 30, what was in the glass that Peter drank from the last day he was in his bedroom?
(a) Milk.
(b) Orange juice.
(c) Soda.
(d) Tea.

4. What does Jade give Peter to offer a chicadee in Chapter 22?
(a) Dried fruit.
(b) Sunflower seeds.
(c) Granola bar.
(d) Part of a sandwich.

5. What type of birds can Pax hear as he sees the cold campfire where Peter and the other humans were in Chapter 21?
(a) Chickadees.
(b) Finches.
(c) Grosbeaks.
(d) Bullfinches.

6. In Chapter 33, from what direction is there a breeze?
(a) North.
(b) South.
(c) West.
(d) East.

7. In Chapter 24, what do Peter, Jade, and Samuel use to start a fire?
(a) Old mouse and squirrel nests.
(b) Reeds.
(c) Pine needles.
(d) Twigs.

8. In Chapter 20, how old does Peter remember that he was when he and his father went camping with Pax?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 9.
(d) 7.

9. What does Peter fix to eat when Samuel returns in Chapter 22?
(a) Sandwich.
(b) Soup.
(c) Can of spaghetti.
(d) Beans.

10. What type of house does Peter pass on the way to the mill that was abandoned long before the war?
(a) Tall-gabled house.
(b) 1-story bungalow.
(c) 1 story cottage.
(d) 2-story brick house.

11. In Chapter 32, what type of tree does Peter see that skirts the ground 25 feet across?
(a) Chestnut.
(b) Oak.
(c) Maple.
(d) Hemlock.

12. What does Peter use when he shows Jade and Samuel how to make a lean-to in Chapter 24?
(a) Raincoats over a thicket.
(b) Cedar boughs.
(c) Juniper boughs.
(d) Dead branches and leaves.

13. In Chapter 24, what types of storm moves in?
(a) Hail and sleet.
(b) Wind and rain.
(c) Hail and rain.
(d) Rain, thunder, and lightning.

14. In Chapter 24, how long is the mill operation pushed off because of the storm surge?
(a) 2 or 3 weeks.
(b) A week or 2.
(c) 4 or 5 days.
(d) 7 or 8 days.

15. Where does Pax see some crows in Chapter 23?
(a) Birch.
(b) Elm.
(c) Maple.
(d) Oak.

Short Answer Questions

1. What curtains does Peter open when he gets inside his old hosue in Chpater 30?

2. In Chapter 22, who does Jade say used to live on the river she and Peter are testing?

3. What did Peter often carry in his pocket when he walked to the mill before the war?

4. What did Peter give to Vola that he saved from the things that belonged to his mother?

5. In Chapter 30 after finding a jackknife, how many times does Peter have to go through his penance?

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