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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is in the back room?
(a) Evacuees.
(b) Grandpa.
(c) Nyle's father.
(d) Nyle's cousin.

3. Why does Nyle show Mrs. Trent the book about a boy in a train station?
(a) To ask her if she has read it.
(b) To get her approval.
(c) To suggest Mrs. Trent read the book to Ezra.
(d) To suggest Ezra is like the boy.

4. From where are the mother and son in the back room?
(a) Birmingham.
(b) Melrose.
(c) Corkshire.
(d) London.

5. About what is Muncie asking Nyle?
(a) Who she is going with to a school dance.
(b) Why she allows Tyrus in their fields.
(c) If Ezra was nice.
(d) A book assigned in English class.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Trent do when she comes into the room where Nyla and Ezra are?

2. Who does not answer Nyle's calls?

3. What does Ezra do when Nyla introduces herself?

4. What does Nyla decide she can do to help Ezra?

5. Who eventually comes out to greet Nyle?

(see the answer key)

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