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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. Who runs Ballenbaugh's?
(a) Mr. Jackson
(b) Miss. Schreck
(c) Miss Ballenbaugh
(d) Mr. Ballenbaugh

2. What color hair does Miss Reba have?
(a) Blonde
(b) Brown
(c) Black
(d) Red

3. Who does not want children in the house?
(a) Minnie
(b) Miss Reba
(c) Mr. Binford
(d) The customers

4. What does the plow man do when people get stuck in the mud?
(a) Charges them to pull them out
(b) Charges them for a room
(c) Rents one of his mules out
(d) Kills them

5. What does Ned have a special talent for?
(a) Stealing
(b) Golf
(c) Driving horses to run
(d) Riding horses

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sam's job at the railway?

2. What reason does Boon give for Memphis being quiet?

3. What is Lucius joining his cousin Ike to do?

4. Where does Boon say they will reach in the morning?

5. What is Boon supposed to do with the car when he returns from town?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Lucius sees along the path.

2. Why is Lucius so horrified that Boon has changed clothes?

3. Why did Grandfather purchase an automobile?

4. Describe Ballenbaugh's.

5. What is the plan to get the horse on the train?

6. What does Lucius learn during the novel?

7. Describe Boon's situation as a retainer.

8. What plot elements does this chapter introduce?

9. What does Lucius feel after he has driven the vehicle?

10. What does the conversation in Chapter 4 between Boon and Lucius show about both characters?

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