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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tale 3, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Adam promise his mother to do?
(a) Work harder in school.
(b) Be nicer to his youngest brother who sometimes pesters Adam.
(c) Be nicer to his young cousin who is staying with them.
(d) Help her set up a flower garden.

2. What has sprouted from Henry's feet?
(a) Leaves.
(b) Spikes.
(c) Barbs.
(d) Roots.

3. Who are two people who taunt Adam as he is driving the wagon?
(a) Agatha and Eunice.
(b) Polly and Rowena.
(c) No one taunts him since they admire him.
(d) Leland and Lenora.

4. What do Adam and his father do with the excess water?
(a) Put it in tanks.
(b) Let it lie in the pond.
(c) Channel it away from the fields.
(d) They do not know what to do.

5. What does Adam doubt about Uncle Poot?
(a) That he will arrive this time since he did not last time.
(b) That he can build a better dam than Adam.
(c) That he really knows anything about engineering.
(d) That he can actually dowse for water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Jerivs insist that Rowena do?

2. What does Rowena put in the pocket of her best dress?

3. What does Pa say when he comes in from the cornfield?

4. What does Polly do instead of speaking words?

5. From what point of view is this tale written?

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