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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Silas attended school for a short time, with what did the teacher rap his hand?
(a) Yardstick.
(b) Ruler.
(c) Tree branch.
(d) Belt.

2. How long have Silas and Marshal Farmer been riding when they make camp after leaving the bog in Chapter 4?
(a) 10 hours.
(b) 13 hours.
(c) 12 hours.
(d) 11 hours.

3. In Chapter 5, about how far above the creek is the uppermost indent in the the rock face rather like a ladder rung?
(a) 22 feet.
(b) 20 feet.
(c) 18 feet.
(d) 24 feet.

4. How did Silas's mother's brother die?
(a) Scarlet fever.
(b) Accident with a horse.
(c) Drowned.
(d) Tuberculosis.

5. Where do Silas and his father live?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Ohio.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, how long does Silas remember that his father said people had been hunting in the woods?

2. In Chapter 6, where is Marshal Farmer bleeding after his jump across the ravine?

3. What does Silas pick in Chapter 5, that the marshal tells him are poisonous?

4. In Chapter 3, about how far is the edge of the woods from where Enoch and Silas camp?

5. How old was Silas when he, his Pa, and Mittenwool decided that he was never to discuss Mittenwool with other people?

(see the answer key)

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