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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, The Merchant.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Beetle see the cat doing when she sees it alive and well again for the first time after saving it?
(a) Grooming itself while sitting on the fence.
(b) Chasing a grasshopper.
(c) Eating a small fish.
(d) Basking in the sunlight.

2. Why does Jane slap the miller's wife in Chapter 4?
(a) To express her anger.
(b) To teach Beetle what to do in such a circumstance.
(c) To kill a bug.
(d) To stop her from screaming.

3. What does the protagonist ask the woman for in Chapter 1?
(a) Some new clothes.
(b) A small bit of food.
(c) A bath.
(d) A blanket.

4. What does Beetle watch the cat do?
(a) Play with another cat.
(b) Lie in the sun and groom itself.
(c) Drink from a stream.
(d) Hunt a mouse.

5. What do the boys in the village call the protagonist in Chapter 1?
(a) Grubby Girl.
(b) Piggy.
(c) Dung Beetle.
(d) Stinky Face.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Beetle, why is the midwife's surname Sharp?

2. What is Beetle sure of when she returns to the cottage in Chapter 4?

3. How would one describe the midwife?

4. What does a man ask Beetle to do when he believes she is someone else in Chapter 5?

5. What is different about Beetle's visit to the fair in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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