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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Rope, Straw, and Feathers are to Sleep on".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mrs. Watts' family use to make coffee?
(a) Chestnuts.
(b) Cornmeal.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Peanuts.

2. What kind of vehicle drives past Mrs. Watts and her family?
(a) An Army Vehicle.
(b) A Large Pickup.
(c) An Old Jalopy.
(d) T-Model Ford.

3. What often attacked fresh chinking in chimneys?
(a) Birds.
(b) Wasps.
(c) Bees.
(d) Rodents.

4. What would happen if the wood used in tight-fitting tools and other objects wasn't seasoned?
(a) The wood would draw insects to the fresh sap.
(b) The wood would begin to rot.
(c) The wood would warp and bend as it dried.
(d) The wood would shrink and pull away as it dried.

5. What does Mrs. Watts say was their reaction to the gifts that Santa Clause had left them?
(a) They were too sick to enjoy them.
(b) The objects were hid away and saved as if gold.
(c) They were pleased.
(d) They had wanted more but didn't say anything.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were many of the tools made out of that the pioneers used?

2. Aunt Arie tells the students not to do anything that they wouldn't want WHO to know?

3. What did the Editor do so that the contents were not altered for the story?

4. What does Mrs. Watts say she and her brothers received one Christmas from Santa Clause?

5. What are the Sleepers?

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