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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does Cussy make delivering books?
(a) $35 a month.
(b) $5 a week.
(c) $8 a week.
(d) $28 a month.

2. In Chapter 10, what magazine does Cussy drop off at Mr. Prine's homestead?
(a) Time.
(b) Newsweek.
(c) Reader's Digest.
(d) Look.

3. In Chapter 7, how many hours a day are Pa and the other miners working?
(a) 17.
(b) 10.
(c) 15.
(d) 12.

4. How long did it take Pa's older brother to die when he was trapped in a mine explosion?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 1 day and 2 nights.
(d) 2 days and nights.

5. How old is Harriet Hardin?
(a) 33.
(b) 31.
(c) 25.
(d) 29.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, how does Eula Foster say that Mr. Moffit hurt his foot?

2. Where did Cussy get her pocketwatch?

3. What does Cussy read to the schoolchildren in Chapter 9?

4. In Chapter 1, how many of her 12 children did a woman up in a holler lose to pellagra?

5. In Chapter 9, how long is Cussy's route the day she stops at the schoolhouse?

(see the answer key)

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