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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, March.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is at the Bussey house?
(a) Two older men with canes.
(b) Two strangers with sawed off shotguns.
(c) Two young women with guns.
(d) Two young men with their wives.

2. What is Jeff Bussey doing with the mule?
(a) Grooming it.
(b) Plowing the field.
(c) Feeding it grain.
(d) Riding to school.

3. What sounds on the Bussey farm in the case of emergencies?
(a) Emory's large sea horn.
(b) Edith's dinner bell.
(c) Emory's muzzleloader shotgun.
(d) Edith's loud screams.

4. What effect does Jeff have upon returning home?
(a) Happy.
(b) Sad.
(c) Bitter.
(d) Scared.

5. When Jeff returns to the home what does he see?
(a) The men choking his mother.
(b) The men holding his sisters on their laps.
(c) The men holding his father at gunpoint.
(d) The men eating his supper.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what war is Emory Bussey a veteran?

2. What is Jeff's full name?

3. What do the men request of the Busseys?

4. Why did one-third of the population flee the Kansas Territory?

5. Who gives Jeff information about Captain Clardy?

(see the answer key)

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