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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. How old does Silas think that Mittenwool might be if he was a boy?
(a) 12.
(b) 15.
(c) 16.
(d) 17.

2. In Chapter 4, what excuse does Silas give for galloping out of the bog?
(a) He saw a bear.
(b) He saw a coyote.
(c) He saw a rattlesnake.
(d) He saw a panther.

3. In Chapter 2, what does Silas remember he felt when his father took him hunting in the woods for the first and only time and he passed out?
(a) Apprehension.
(b) Horror.
(c) Terror.
(d) Panic.

4. What does Mittenwool wear?
(a) Blue shirt and brown trousers.
(b) Blue shirt and navy trousers.
(c) White shirt and black trousers.
(d) Cream shirt and brown trousers.

5. When Silas wakes after Mittenwool joins him and Enoch, where is Mittenwool?
(a) Talking to Pony.
(b) Sitting by the fire.
(c) Up in a tree.
(d) Leaning against a tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of moon does Silas see in Chapter 4?

2. Who was Telemachus' father?

3. In Chapter 2 when Silas hears what he thinks are voices, how does Pony move?

4. When Silas attended school for a short time, with what did the teacher rap his hand?

5. How old was Silas when his father took him hunting once?

Short Essay Questions

1. What experience did SIlas have with going to school?

2. What does Martin tell Silas to do when men with guns come in the night in Chapter 1?

3. Who is Enoch Farmer, and what is he doing when Silas meets him?

4. What happened when Martin took a picture of the full moon for the lunar photo contest?

5. What do three men who come in the night in Chapter 1 want with Martin?

6. Under what conditions does Martin agree to go with Rufe, Seb, and Eben?

7. How do Marshal Farmer and Silas find the trail of Silas's pa and the other men?

8. Who was Telemachus?

9. How does Silas describe his father to Marshal Farmer?

10. What are Silas's thoughts about memory at the beginning of Chapter 3?

(see the answer keys)

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