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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is not out as usual?
(a) The afternoon paper.
(b) The log keeper.
(c) The firestriker.
(d) A snack for Nyle.

2. What does Mr. Harris do?
(a) Plays the banjo to entertain the girls as they card wool.
(b) Milks the cow to make ice cream.
(c) Builds a fire for Nyle and Muncie.
(d) Tells Nyle and Muncie a scary story as they card wool.

3. What would Nyla have to do if the wind shifts?
(a) Leave behind all her treasures.
(b) Help grandma move Mrs. Trent and Ezra.
(c) Get all the sheep into the barn.
(d) Wear a radiation suit along with her mask.

4. What does Nyla not want to tell Muncie?
(a) That she is going to the dance with a boy.
(b) That she doesn't want Muncie to come over anymore.
(c) About how Nyla's father died.
(d) About Ezra and Mrs. Trent.

5. What does Nyla decide she can do to help Ezra?
(a) Read to him.
(b) Draw pictures of her dog.
(c) Sing to him.
(d) Play checkers with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does not answer Nyle's calls?

2. How does Mrs. Trent disappoint her parents?

3. What does Ezra do when Nyla introduces herself?

4. Who eventually comes out to greet Nyle?

5. What does Mrs. Haskins assign the students to write?

(see the answer key)

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