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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, Spelling Bee.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Alvin first think when he saw the blacksmith?
(a) That he would never be hungry learning to be a smith.
(b) That the smith was likely to hurt him.
(c) That the smith was an evil looking man.
(d) He'd been sent to prentice to the devil.

2. What was the first word Arthur spelled out?
(a) Death.
(b) To.
(c) Choking.
(d) Mockingbird.

3. How much change did Vanderwoort give Mock Berry?
(a) Five cents.
(b) Thirteen cents.
(c) Six cents.
(d) Twelve cents.

4. Who was in the General Store when Alvin arrived?
(a) Martin.
(b) Daisy.
(c) All of these.
(d) Pieter Vanderwoort.

5. What did Alvin think of Makepeace?
(a) He was a profiteering old coot.
(b) He was a horrible master.
(c) He was too hard on Alvin.
(d) He was a good man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Alvin say that angered Horace?

2. How far did Alvin sink in the ooze at the bottom of the second well?

3. What errand did Makepeace have Alvin doing in the snow?

4. What did Alvin think when he 'saw' the fresh corpse beneath the soil?

5. What is the first word the two people ask Arthur Stuart to spell?

(see the answer key)

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