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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What privilege does Hugh give the boys after his fight with Laura at the end of Book Two?
(a) The choice to go to church or stay home.
(b) The opportunity to watch him practice pitching.
(c) A later curfew.
(d) Additional allowance money.

2. How does Mama react to Irwin's prayer at the supper table in Book Two?
(a) She scolds Irwin.
(b) She runs into the kitchen closet and laughs.
(c) She sheds a few tears of joy.
(d) She remains plain faced and doesn't react to the prayer.

3. What religion is Julie, Peter's high school girlfriend?
(a) Mormon.
(b) Seventh Day Adventist.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Catholic.

4. What position does Hugh think that Everett should play?
(a) First basemen.
(b) Pitcher.
(c) Second baseman.
(d) Catcher.

5. What ongoing activity does Irwin begin with Doc Franken while the Chance boys work on landscaping his lot?
(a) A water balloon fight.
(b) A card game.
(c) An ongoing chess game.
(d) A darts tournament.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who witnesses the death of Grandawma?

2. How long does it take Hugh to say the prayer over the meal every evening in the Chance family?

3. Who is Ellen G. White?

4. What three things do Laura and Hugh fight about in Book One that prompts her to take the twins up to Spokane?

5. What song does Hugh compare "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" to in Book Two?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Hugh tell Kincaid it is nonsense to paint a strike zone in his practice bullpen?

2. Why does Kincaid keep refusing to learn the memory verse in Book One?

3. Why doesn't Kincaid go to church with his Mama and siblings in Book One, Chapter 2?

4. Why does Hugh excuse Irwin from the room when he talks to the boys alone at the end of Book Two?

5. What reason does Papa give for Mama expecting twins in Chapter 1?

6. What political figure does Kincaid compare Laura and "her Bible" to in Book Three and why?

7. How does Laura respond to the apology and gifts from Peter, Everett, and Kincaid in Book Three?

8. Why are Irwin and the twins nonplussed by the "incriminating evidence" Elder Babcock and Laura show them against Peter, Everett, and Kincaid?

9. What is revealed about the role that Everett and Irwin play within the Chance family during their conversations at the hedge in Book Two?

10. What do the boys make a pact to pray for at the end of Book Two?

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