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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For whom does Clabe go to work?
(a) For the farmer next door.
(b) The coal mine company.
(c) He works in the gas station.
(d) He works in the general feed store.

2. What has happened to the creek on Clabe's family land?
(a) It is polluted.
(b) It was dammed and became a lake.
(c) It has dried up.
(d) It has become a small river from all the rainfall.

3. How many children does C.J. have of his own?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

4. What is Rondal's mother's goal for Kerwin?
(a) She has no goal for him.
(b) That he become a mining engineer.
(c) To keep him out of the mines.
(d) That he wait until he is eighteen before working in the mines.

5. What is C.J.'s relationship with his grandfather like?
(a) Very close.
(b) Distant he lives in another state.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Confrontational.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Rondal have a casual affair?

2. Why is Dillon making a banjo?

3. For what does Rondal's mother want him in relation to Kerwin?

4. What does Carrie's Aunt Becka say about her that upsets her?

5. What does Carrie do after Lloyd leaves town?

(see the answer key)

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