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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gets caught in the rain and takes shelter on Kiser's porch?
(a) Devola and Mary.
(b) Romey and Mary.
(c) Ima Dean and Devola.
(d) Romey and Devola.

2. What does Mary Call lie about during their visit to the store in Chapter 4?
(a) Romey's age.
(b) Her father's health.
(c) How much money they have.
(d) What they need at home.

3. What does Mary Call tell the children about Kiser Pease's warning?
(a) He warned them not to take help from the county.
(b) He said freedom comes at a price.
(c) He said they were doomed.
(d) He wished them bad luck.

4. Romey says what about the burial on the way back home?
(a) It was not ever going to be good enough.
(b) Mary Call made the wrong choice.
(c) That he thinks it was decent.
(d) The burial made him angry.

5. How long does Kiser tell Mary Call they can stay on without charge?
(a) Through the winter.
(b) One year.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Through the summer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Romey daydream about buying with the money from wildcrafting?

2. What is Romey's response to Mrs. Connell's description of her childhood?

3. Who died years before the novel begins?

4. What is one thing that is dangerous about the mountains during wildcrafting?

5. Romey wants to give his father a grand funeral like whose?

(see the answer key)

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