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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Clabe do on Saturday after work?
(a) Takes a bath.
(b) Goes to town.
(c) Gets drunk.
(d) Goes hunting.

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

3. What happens to C.J.'s grandfather?
(a) His legs are broken.
(b) He dies of a heart attack.
(c) He is murdered.
(d) He is moved to Virginia.

4. What do the railroad companies claim about the answer in question #3?
(a) They need the laborers to lay track.
(b) They have more rights then private citizens.
(c) They can put their tracks wherever they need them.
(d) The have legal ownership.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the railroad companies doing to the farmers?

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

3. Why is Dillon making a banjo?

4. What has the company done with Clabe's family cemetery?

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

(see the answer key)

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