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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters X - XI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What barrier stops Edward and his son on their journey?
(a) The government gate.
(b) A flooded ravine.
(c) Sudden illness.
(d) A bear.

2. Why do sissies bother Phil?
(a) He knows he is one.
(b) He worries they will turn everyone into sissies.
(c) He does not understand why they cannot be normal.
(d) He fears them.

3. What is wrong with the windmill mentioned at the beginning of Chapter II?
(a) It long ago detached itself and serves no purpose but to squeak and annoy neighbors.
(b) It is facing the wrong way, so it can never catch the wind.
(c) It will not turn, therefore it does not serve any purpose.
(d) It is always spinning too fast and causes fear that it will fly off.

4. Why is Herndon even busier than usual on the day George and Rose come to town?
(a) There is a huge sale in the department store.
(b) The governor is expected.
(c) A new statue is being erected in the center of town.
(d) A new moving picture is showing at the theatre.

5. How does Rose convince herself that she misunderstood Phil the night he and his team dined at the Red Mill?
(a) A grown man would not humiliate a boy.
(b) Phil must be very sarcastic, and Rose does not understand his humor.
(c) She was in the kitchen and must have misheard him.
(d) He must be be jealous of Peter.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the ranch house?

2. What year does the important cattle drive at the beginning of the story take place?

3. What does the Governor’s wife wonder out loud to her husband?

4. What does Phil think when he learns that George has been talking to Mrs. Gordon?

5. Where does Peter like to stand to observe and listen?

(see the answer key)

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