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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, River Rat, Chapter 15, Teacher, & Chapter 16, Property.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Peggy feel at times?
(a) That her life would always be that of servitude and misery.
(b) That if it weren't for her being a torch, no one would care for her at all.
(c) That she would never be happy leading her life.
(d) That she was the lone lookout boy at the top of a ships mast.

2. What answer did Redbird give Alvin?
(a) The Maker is one with what he makes.
(b) The Maker must be a part of what he makes.
(c) The Maker is the one who is part of what he makes.
(d) The Maker invests emotionally into what he makes.

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

4. Why did the Lord choose men to do his bidding?
(a) Women were too weak.
(b) Women were too compassionate.
(c) Both of these.
(d) Neither of these.

5. What did Miss Larner want in payment for teaching Arthur Stuart?
(a) A dollar a month.
(b) A dollar a week.
(c) None of these.
(d) The allowance to host poetry readings in the roadhouse on Sunday evenings.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years had past since Alvin had been an apprentice of Makepeace?

2. What was the difference between Cavil and Abraham?

3. What didn't the lady see when she judged Peggy?

4. What word is a sure sign of ignorance and stupidity, according to the teacher?

5. What would his career as a blacksmith teach Alvin?

(see the answer key)

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