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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 122-143 (Victoria Roubideaux, McPherons, Guthrie).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Stearn want before paying Ike and Bobby?
(a) A conversation.
(b) Them to get something that rolled under the bed.
(c) A bill.
(d) A receipt.

2. About what do Harold and Raymond joke?
(a) That their sister will want everything immaculate.
(b) That their mother will probably confound the doctors.
(c) That they cannot afford extra help.
(d) That the stew has whiskey in it.

3. What does Ike and Bobby's mother say when the two boys check on her?
(a) She tells them a story.
(b) She gives vague answers to their questions.
(c) She tells them she loves them very much.
(d) She cries and says she never wants to see them in there again.

4. What room will Victoria be using at the McPheron place?
(a) The maid's quarters.
(b) The hired hand's apartment.
(c) The guest room.
(d) The brothers' parents' room.

5. What happens to Bobby near the end of the work?
(a) He jumps off the fence and sprains his ankle.
(b) He breaks his arm.
(c) He is run over by a cow.
(d) He trips and falls off the fence into the pig pen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Guthrie in Crowder's office with the Beckmans?

2. Where does Victoria work?

3. What does Maggie notice about the McPherons' house when they enter it?

4. Why does Ike and Bobby's mother cry when they are there?

5. How is the time the boys spend with their mother before she leaves?

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