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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jesse say is the reason Miles and Winnie didn't catch any fish?
(a) Miles is out of practice.
(b) They were using the wrong bait.
(c) Miles doesn't know how to fish.
(d) There aren't any fish in the pond.

2. What does Winnie's grandmother say about how a toad drinks?
(a) That they drink only from running water.
(b) That they absorb water like a sponge.
(c) That they drink only fresh water.
(d) That they drink only from ponds.

3. What does Miles say was the name of his daughter?
(a) Adrianna.
(b) Anna.
(c) Adelade.
(d) Alyssa.

4. How does Winnie plan to provide water for the toad?
(a) She turns on the water hose.
(b) She carries a bowl of water outside.
(c) She is going to take the toad inside to the tub.
(d) She is going to carry the toad to the pond.

5. Where does Mae make a bed for Winnie to sleep that night?
(a) In the loft.
(b) On the sofa.
(c) On a chair.
(d) On a folding cot.

6. What words does the stranger use to describe the people who took Winnie?
(a) Rough and illiterate.
(b) Mean and tough.
(c) Stupid and homely.
(d) Kind and unusual.

7. What does the constable say will happen to Mae if the man dies?
(a) She'll be released .
(b) She'll be taken to the gallows.
(c) She'll be sent to prison.
(d) She'll be taken to jail.

8. Who is waiting for Winnie at the gate?
(a) Jesse.
(b) Tuck.
(c) Miles.
(d) Jesse, Miles and Tuck.

9. What subject does the stranger not study in his effort to learn about the family who doesn't age?
(a) Metaphysics.
(b) Sociology.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Medicine.

10. What does the stranger say?
(a) That he has a horse for sale.
(b) That he knows where the little girl is.
(c) Nothing.
(d) That he needs something to eat .

11. What does Winnie sit in back in her room at home?
(a) Her mother's lap.
(b) A swing in the back yard.
(c) A small rocking chair.
(d) Her father's chair.

12. What sound does Winnie think she hears from inside the jail?
(a) Mae calling out to her.
(b) Tuck crying.
(c) The tinkling of the music box.
(d) The horse neighing.

13. What color is the jailhouse painted?
(a) Brown.
(b) White.
(c) It's unpainted.
(d) Black.

14. What do Winnie and Miles use for bait?
(a) Crickets.
(b) Pork fat.
(c) Grasshoppers.
(d) Worms.

15. How far does the stranger tell the constable they have to go to find Winnie?
(a) Two miles.
(b) Five miles.
(c) Twenty miles.
(d) Sixteen miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Winnie pour on the toad?

2. What image comes to Winnie's mind when she closes her eyes?

3. What does Mae do to the man when he threatens to have Winnie drink the water?

4. Where does the constable say most criminals are sent to serve their jail time?

5. What does the constable say they must do with the stranger?

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