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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Beth describe the color of Philip's skin?
(a) Cream colored.
(b) Coffee colored.
(c) Mud colored.
(d) Chocolate colored.

2. What does Philip say Beth does well considering she's a girl?
(a) Takes jokes.
(b) Draws well.
(c) Tells jokes.
(d) Runs fast.

3. How does Beth's mother give away the fact Beth's father has bought the puppy?
(a) She looks nervous.
(b) Her eyes smile.
(c) She removes dog hair from her clothes.
(d) She giggles.

4. What is Beth's father doing in the yard at the beginning of the second chapter?
(a) Feeding the turkeys.
(b) Mowing the lawn.
(c) Loading his rifle.
(d) Banging in steel posts.

5. What happens to Beth halfway home with the puppy?
(a) She faints.
(b) She has a panic attack.
(c) She begins sneezing.
(d) She vomits.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of train derailed five miles from Pocahontas in 1938?

2. What does Beth say passes before the moon as she guards the turkeys?

3. What does Beth say her father's face looks as polished as?

4. What is Calvin Cook's job?

5. Who drives the school bus?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Beth turn the tables on Philip?

2. Why are the missing turkeys such a problem for Beth and her family?

3. How does Dr. Brennan promise to help Beth?

4. How does Philip react when Philip when he and Gordy meet Beth in the bus queue?

5. In what way does Beth react badly to her new puppy?

6. How does Beth capture the turkey thieves?

7. What does Beth's dream at the beginning of this section represent?

8. How does the story hint that her relationship with Philip affects her and her grades?

9. Why does Beth decide to get a poodle?

10. How does Beth's life change with the birth of baby Benjamin?

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