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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. How old was Cavil's wife when she took to having aches and pains?
(a) Twenty-five.
(b) Twenty-two.
(c) Twenty-one.
(d) Twenty.

2. What does Cavil consider righteousness?
(a) All of these.
(b) The whipping of slaves.
(c) The beating of slaves.
(d) The cold nature to which he treats the women he rapes.

3. What kind of talent was mostly found among seventh sons?
(a) Dowsing.
(b) Doodlebugs.
(c) Farriery.
(d) All of these.

4. What does Miss Larner charge to tutor Alvin?
(a) Ten cents a week.
(b) Fifty cents a week.
(c) A dollar a week.
(d) Sixty cents a week.

5. What was the first thing Alvin said without anger?
(a) Green leaves.
(b) Summer.
(c) Warm air.
(d) Hot wind out of the southwest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who got out of Dr. Physicker's carriage first?

2. What was the only thing keeping Arthur from going to school?

3. Why did Alvin look forward to leaving the town of Vigor Church to begin his apprenticeship?

4. What did Alvin hear?

5. What did the people standing by the stove offer Alvin?

(see the answer key)

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