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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of shirt does Mr. Culver wear to Miss Arbuckle's funeral?
(a) Special occasion.
(b) Sunday.
(c) White button-down.
(d) Blue button-down.

2. Where does Aunt Maud land when the horses are spooked coming home from the funeral?
(a) In a clump of cattails.
(b) By a cypress tree.
(c) Bed of watercress.
(d) In a swamp.

3. What does Preacher Parr say was the cause of Miss Arbuckle's death?
(a) The children she taught.
(b) Bad water.
(c) Old age.
(d) Gluttony.

4. How is Aunt Maud related to Russell's family?
(a) His mother's sister.
(b) His father's half-sister.
(c) His mother's half-sister.
(d) His father's sister.

5. Where did the fire nearly spread that destroyed the privy?
(a) Wheat field.
(b) Corn field.
(c) Sugarbush grove.
(d) Sourghum field.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time of day did Miss Arbuckle pass away?

2. What did Lloyd try to shoot with his father's .22 and shot Siren instead?

3. How many men come to see the Case Special in Chapter 2?

4. How did the privy fire start?

5. Who comes where the boys are camping in Chapter 3 that Russell believes is the ghost of Miss Arbuckle?

(see the answer key)

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