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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does little Willy earn his college money?
(a) By working on the farm.
(b) By finding a buried stash of cash.
(c) By renting out Searchlight to nearby farmers.
(d) By getting insurance money when his mother died.

2. When does school start for Willy?
(a) When it starts to snow.
(b) On the first day of summer.
(c) On the last day of winter.
(d) When the rainy season moves in.

3. What is the sky like the night before the race?
(a) It is dark purple and without a moon.
(b) It is filled with gray clouds.
(c) It is dark and stormy.
(d) It is clear with a bright moon.

4. How does Doc Smith feel about Willy using his college money to enter the race?
(a) She thinks he is mentally ill.
(b) She thinks he is a fool.
(c) She thinks he is a jokester.
(d) She thinks he is smart.

5. What promise does little Willy make to Searchlight?
(a) That he will brush her hair every night.
(b) That he will never give her away.
(c) That he will feed her steak at nights.
(d) That he won't make her work so hard ever again.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Willy know how much food to order for the winter?

2. How do little Willy and Searchlight feel right before the race starts?

3. What does Willy feed grandfather before he left for the race?

4. How much money does Grandfather owe in taxes?

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

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