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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does C.J. send Rondal to talk to Dr. Booker?
(a) He sees that Rondal has an interest in science.
(b) He thinks there is something wrong with Rondal.
(c) He wants Booker to talk Rondal out of medical school.
(d) He wants Rondal to meet Booker's daughter.

2. What does a traveling salesman leave with Carrie's family in March?
(a) His son.
(b) A new kind of refridgerator.
(c) A washing machine.
(d) His daughter.

3. Where do Clabe and his family live?
(a) In their family farmhouse.
(b) In a company shack.
(c) In town in an apartment.
(d) In a shanty town outside the city.

4. What has the company done with Clabe's family cemetery?
(a) Posted no tresspassing signs.
(b) Dug it up and moved it.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Bulldozed over it and buried it.

5. Where do most, or all, of Clabe's earnings go?
(a) To the hospital for medical expenses.
(b) To parents to pay their farm mortgage.
(c) To his son's college fund.
(d) To the company store for food.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ben feel about Carrie's sister, Flora?

2. What does Miles want to do when he finishes high school?

3. What does Aunt Jane tell Carrie she must learn to do about family members?

4. Why don't the coal companies take Ermel's land?

5. Where do C.J. and his grandmother go to live?

(see the answer key)

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