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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the little blue book kept in Chapter 9?
(a) In a locked box.
(b) Under boards in the floor of the library.
(c) Chest with cleaning supplies.
(d) Behind other books on a bottom shelf.

2. What is the date in the Prologue?
(a) November 11, 1937.
(b) December 20, 1937.
(c) September 30, 1937.
(d) October 2, 1937.

3. If the mining company took a chunk out of the north side of the ridge in Chapter 5, how many families would lose their homes?
(a) 16.
(b) 14-15.
(c) 13.
(d) 10-12.

4. What does Marjery hit Clem McCullough with in the Prologue?
(a) Tire iron.
(b) Gun.
(c) Tree branch.
(d) Book.

5. How long had the miners' shacks been standing in Chapter 5?
(a) 29 years.
(b) 43 years.
(c) 40-odd years.
(d) About 35 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what time does Alice get up in the morning?

2. In Chapter 7, what sections of the mine does Sven say that the men should not go into?

3. In Chapter 2, whose horse bolted when old man Vance tooted his horn?

4. How long after Margery's brother Jack left home, did they hear about him again?

5. How many times a week did Bennett play baseball in Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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