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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Mule-tail Buck?
(a) Grandfather's traveling companion.
(b) Billy Buck's father.
(c) Grandfather's best friend.
(d) The Tiflin's neighbor.

2. What interrupts Grandfather's storytelling the first night he is visiting the Tiflins?
(a) A very loud noise from outside.
(b) A moth in the room that Billy and Carl try to catch.
(c) A neighbor's cry for help.
(d) A small fire in the kitchen.

3. How much advanced notice do the Tiflins have of Grandfather's visit?
(a) One week.
(b) One month.
(c) None; they find out the day he is supposed to arrive.
(d) Three days.

4. Why is Mrs. Tiflin crying at the end of the novel?
(a) She isn't.
(b) She is tired of her life.
(c) She wants Jody to stay a little boy forever.
(d) She is sad about her father's death.

5. Where does Jody offer to meet his grandfather?
(a) Out on the road.
(b) At the front door with his sailor suit on.
(c) At the train station.
(d) At the bus station.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jody spend most of his time during January?

2. What is the colt born in?

3. Why does Billy tell Jody to go outside when Nellie is supposedly in labor?

4. What does Grandfather mean by the term "westering"?

5. What does Carl tell Grandfather in front of everyone about what Grandfather has overheard?

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