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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Farrell give Jimmie after he helps Farrell find Harry Edwards?
(a) A beating.
(b) A small portion of a reward.
(c) A case of chewing tobacco.
(d) A recommendation.

2. What does the kitchen maid, Gilda, look like?
(a) A tall woman with a sunken face and straight hair.
(b) A robust woman with a round face and think hair.
(c) A small woman with a narrow face and lank hair.
(d) A short woman with a swollen face and messy hair.

3. What did Jimmie say he had been doing in his absence?
(a) Watching the sun set and rise.
(b) Studying the stars.
(c) Catching possums.
(d) Thinking.

4. What does the postmaster's son reveal to Jimmie and the constable?
(a) A boy named Jack Fisher had disappeared a year ago.
(b) His sister, MaryBeth, is trapped under a collapsed roof.
(c) A riot has broken out in the town centre.
(d) The postmaster has died.

5. What year is it at the beginning of the novel?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1422.
(c) 1876.
(d) 1900.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jimmie afraid that Farrell will do after he leaves work?

2. What tribe does Jimmie belong to?

3. How much money does Healy pay Jimmie for building the fence?

4. How many miles does Jimmie walk by noon in Chapter 5?

5. What do Jimmie and the others carry the dead man from Verona in?

(see the answer key)

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