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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. What does Beth name her third dog?
(a) Puffy.
(b) Rainy.
(c) Giddy.
(d) Cloudy.

2. Who is the number one student in Mrs. Johnson's class in Beth's dream?
(a) Bonnie.
(b) Gordy.
(c) Beth.
(d) Philip.

3. What does Philip say he is going to let Beth do after she finishes her chores?
(a) Hose down his truck.
(b) Brush down his cows.
(c) Hoover his bedroom.
(d) Sweep his hallway.

4. What does Beth say Philip's gun couldn't knock down?
(a) A coke bottle.
(b) A tin can.
(c) A toy soldier.
(d) A beer bottle.

5. Whose cry does Beth describe as untamed?
(a) Luther's.
(b) Reverend Ross'.
(c) The Mountain Man's.
(d) The turkeys'.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Beth's father doing in the yard at the beginning of the second chapter?

2. What is the month of the year at the beginning of Chapter 3?

3. What does Beth call her second puppy?

4. What kind of weapon does Pa have with him when he confronts the thieves?

5. How does Pa pronounce "figure out"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How and why does Philip try to keep Beth in line?

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

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

5. What does Beth overhear Miss Linwood saying to the sheriff?

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

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

8. Why does Reverend Ross think Gorilla Man is on the loose?

9. Why does Beth think that airplanes maybe responsible for the disappearance of the turkeys?

10. How does Philip win back Beth's affections at the end of this section?

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