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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do C.J. and his grandmother go to live?
(a) No where, they stay on their farm.
(b) With Ermel Justice.
(c) With Dillon.
(d) With Clabe.

2. How often, according to the company guards, is C.J. allowed to visit the Lloyd family?
(a) Once a month.
(b) Only on the first and thrid Sundays.
(c) Once a week
(d) Anytime he wants.

3. How does C.J.'s grandfather address him?
(a) By his nickname, CinJeff.
(b) By his full name.
(c) He always calls him grandson.
(d) By his initials.

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

5. How does Ermel's keeping his land affect his fortunes?
(a) He is poor as his land has no value.
(b) He is shunned by other families in the area so his business goes bankrupt.
(c) He becomes wealthy.
(d) It doesn't affect his fortunes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Carrie's brother Mike not like that upsets his father?

2. What do the railroad companies claim about the answer in question #3?

3. What does Rondal recite one time from school when C.J. visits?

4. To what does the word snake refer when Clabe uses it when pointing at his paycheck?

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

(see the answer key)

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