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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Swede want for Christmas in 1962?
(a) A cowboy outfit.
(b) A trip out west.
(c) A lariat.
(d) A pony.
2. Why does Davy get up early each morning?
(a) To fix breakfast.
(b) He has to be at his job early.
(c) To study.
(d) To run his muskrat traps.
3. About twelve days after Davy's escape, Reuben comes to tell his father that his lungs are tight. What is Jeremiah reading that night?
(a) Lamentations 3.
(b) Psalm 91.
(c) Psalm 121.
(d) Jeremiah 33.
4. What is the name of Davy's girlfriend who is beaten in the girls' locker room?
(a) Jane.
(b) Dolly.
(c) Molly.
(d) Sara.
5. What type of candy bar comes with Reuben's pay for tearing down the corncrib?
(a) Almond Joy.
(b) Mr. Goodbar.
(c) Hershey bar.
(d) Milky Way.
6. How many hours a week did Jeremiah work sweeping and painting in the athletic building while he was in medical school?
(a) 20 hours.
(b) 30 hours.
(c) 40 hours.
(d) 15 hours.
7. How deep is the snow when Reuben begins tearing down the corncrib?
(a) Up to his hips.
(b) Up to his knees.
(c) Up to his middle.
(d) Up to his ankles.
8. How far is August Shultz's place from Reuben's home?
(a) 2 hours.
(b) 4 hours.
(c) 3 hours.
(d) 5 hours.
9. What job does Stube take after Davy escaped on his watch?
(a) Sales clerk.
(b) Janitor.
(c) Plumber.
(d) Street sweeper.
10. What does Swede read to Reuben the night after the first day of Davy's trial?
(a) C. S. Lewis.
(b) Charles Dickens.
(c) Graham Greene.
(d) Robert Louis Stevenson.
11. When the goose is cleaned, what part does Swede want Reuben to give her?
(a) Head.
(b) Feet.
(c) Feathers.
(d) Beak.
12. Where do Jeremiah, Swede, and Reuben spend the night the first night that Davy is in jail?
(a) A motel.
(b) At the DeCuellers'.
(c) At Dr. Nokes'.
(d) At their house.
13. What instrument does Rev. Johnny Latt play?
(a) Flute.
(b) Saxophone.
(c) Trumpet.
(d) French Horn.
14. What does a farmer report stolen three days after Davy's escape?
(a) A Percheron stallion.
(b) A Quarter Horse stallion.
(c) An Arabian mare.
(d) A Belgian gelding.
15. How old is Swede at the beginning of the novel?
(a) 5 years old.
(b) 6 years old.
(c) 8 years old.
(d) 9 years old.
Short Answer Questions
1. What color was the Lands' front door before it was tarred?
2. What does Reuben dream the night that he and Swede plan to break Davy out of jail?
3. How much does it cost to send a postcard in 1963?
4. What does Jeremiah use to remove tar from his front door?
5. How old is Reuben when he sees his father's third miracle?
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