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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Parcel 6, "Events Precipitated by the Arrest of Harry Power".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what does Ben drive the McCormicks off?
(a) A shot gun.
(b) A bull whip.
(c) A snake.
(d) A knife.

2. What is actually happening as Ned dreams about burning in hell?
(a) The house is on fire.
(b) The hot summer sun is rising.
(c) He has fallen asleep near the heater.
(d) He has been wrapped up in warm blankets.

3. What does Ellen do when she is convinced Bill is gone and will not come back?
(a) She grieves as a widow.
(b) She marries another suitor.
(c) She asks Ned to come home.
(d) She lays down to die.

4. Why is it when Harry Power robs a stage coach, it is a farce?
(a) The stagecoach new they were going to get robbed.
(b) Ned does most of the work.
(c) He seems as fearful as those in the stagecoach.
(d) There is virtually nothing to steal.

5. What does Ned's mother do to him after his father's death?
(a) She make him become the man of the house against his will.
(b) She gives him away, and he is adopted by an Irish family.
(c) She sells him off to a bush ranger against his will.
(d) She orders him off her property, since he kills his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ned amazed to see when he goes home?

2. What do Ned and Harry travel through to get to Bill?

3. How does Ned's honor result in him going to prison for six months?

4. For what do the police take Ned's father to prison?

5. Why does the family bring out the good table cloth and candles, and they eat everything Ellen has baked?

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