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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Willy and Doc Smith believe to be the cause of Grandfather's illness?
(a) Unpaid tax bills.
(b) Stomach cancer.
(c) Fear about the harvest.
(d) Food poisoning from bad bacon.

2. What does Willy tell Clifford Snyder about dogs?
(a) That dogs get mean when strangers come into the house.
(b) That dogs can always tell when someone is afraid of them.
(c) That dogs shed their hair when someone yells at them.
(d) That dogs always want to be petted.

3. What hand signal means "water"?
(a) A fist.
(b) 1 finger.
(c) 4 fingers.
(d) 2 fingers.

4. Why does Doc Smith say that the state needs taxes?
(a) So the state can take care of people who cannot take care of themselves.
(b) So the state can build better highways.
(c) So the state can send their employees on expensive trips.
(d) So the state can improve the quality of education.

5. How much money does Grandfather owe in taxes?
(a) $3000.00.
(b) $500.
(c) $250.00.
(d) $1000.00

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Doc Smith's horse?

2. How does little Willy feel after he enters the dogsled race?

3. What is one of the first chores that Grandfather does when he wakes up?

4. How far is the schoolhouse from Grandfather and Willy's farm?

5. How does Willy know when he has got a really good question?

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