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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Uncle John think that it is necessary to change the way that the employees are paid?
(a) To ensure that all the workers care about what is happening on the estate.
(b) To ensure that all the workers come into the fields on time.
(c) To ensure that the workers stop stealing from the fields.
(d) To ensure that the workers stay loyal to the Wideacre estate.

2. What type of animal is Scheherazade?
(a) A cat.
(b) A horse.
(c) A dog.
(d) A bird.

3. What is Uncle John's plan to cut hourly wages from the Wideacre employees?
(a) Not to pay the workers at all.
(b) To pay the workers in profit share.
(c) To pay the workers in land.
(d) To pay the workers in kind words.

4. What has Uncle John been away mining?
(a) Gold.
(b) Rubies.
(c) Diamonds.
(d) Opals.

5. What terrible incident happens to the house that Julia was raised in as a child?
(a) It is destroyed by a bomb.
(b) It is swept away by a monsoon.
(c) It is swept up by a tornado.
(d) It is burned down.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Dench fired?

2. As Julia explains it to Ralph, why doesn't she have a horse?

3. What color is the horse that Ralph brings for Julia?

4. After discussing Richard's temper with Julia, what does Ralph call Richard?

5. Who does Julia refer to as a "great lout"?

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