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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Last year, where did the troops have tents set up?
(a) About 50 feet from the mill.
(b) In the old mill.
(c) Around the old mill.
(d) Across the river from the mill.

2. About how far from where Jade and Peter are testing the river in Chapter 22 did some of Jade's family live?
(a) 60 miles.
(b) 65 miles.
(c) 55 miles.
(d) 50 miles.

3. When does Jade tell Peter they will see him again in Chapter 28?
(a) 2 or 3 weeks.
(b) A week or so.
(c) 8 days.
(d) 5 days.

4. Where does Pax find his daughter in Chapter 29?
(a) A tangle of weeds.
(b) Roots of a tree.
(c) Small sand bar.
(d) In the sand at the edge of the river.

5. How wide does Peter believe the river is in Chapter 32?
(a) 55 feet.
(b) 50 to 60 feet.
(c) 65 feet.
(d) 40 to 50 feet.

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

7. In Chapter 35 what does Pax bring his daughter that she refuses to eat?
(a) Quail.
(b) Duck.
(c) Mouse.
(d) Rabbit.

8. In Chapter 22, how long does Peter say that he will be at his old house?
(a) A couple of weeks.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) A week.
(d) About a month.

9. Where do Pax and the vixen take shelter during the storm in Chapter 25?
(a) Brambles.
(b) Small cave.
(c) Thicket.
(d) Hollow log.

10. What kneesocks does Peter remember he saved that belonged to his mother?
(a) Dark purple.
(b) Candy-cane striped.
(c) Flowered.
(d) Bright pink.

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

12. What type of trees surround the clearing where Peter remembers throwing the toy soldier to Pax?
(a) Spruce.
(b) Juniper.
(c) Pine.
(d) Scrub pine.

13. In Chapter 31 as Peter walks to the old mill, what type of dogs does he remember seeing and his friends' daring him to go on?
(a) Rottweilers.
(b) German shepherds.
(c) Guard dogs.
(d) Pit bulls.

14. In Chapter 29, under what type of tree does Pax make a shelter for him and his daughter?
(a) Cottonwood.
(b) Sycamore.
(c) Willow.
(d) Hemlock.

15. In Chapter 37, who visits Pax?
(a) Bristle.
(b) One of his male kits.
(c) His male kits.
(d) Runt.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 23, where are a large group of humans coming from?

2. In Chapter 21, about how long have Peter and his companions been gone when Pax reaches their cold campfire?

3. What type of birds can Pax hear as he sees the cold campfire where Peter and the other humans were in Chapter 21?

4. In Chapter 35, what does Peter do in the afternoons?

5. Where does Pax see some crows in Chapter 23?

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