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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5, Chapters 16, 17 and 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What affliction is the herb the captain tells Fitzwarren about used to treat?
(a) Kidney and bladder stones.
(b) Blood poisoning.
(c) Melancholia.
(d) Bilious fever.

2. Who does the carriage driver tell the agent that Dick is?
(a) A wanted criminal.
(b) A distant cousin.
(c) An itinerant orphan.
(d) A son of a friend of his.

3. How does Whittington initially feel about the deal between the animals and the rats?
(a) Jealous.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Happy.
(d) Unhappy.

4. What makes the barn begin to smell like home to the horses?
(a) The spring wind coming through the barn door.
(b) The chickens and roosters.
(c) Green bales of hay.
(d) A good cleaning.

5. What do Ben, Bernie, and Abby use to get hot water down to the barn when the road is blocked with snow?
(a) An old tire.
(b) A wheelbarrow.
(c) A wagon.
(d) A sled.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the horses' initial response to the idea of Whittington moving into the barn?

2. Who has a fall in the snow?

3. What does Bernie put down, to try to make the farm road more passable?

4. Who identifies Ben's reading problem as dyslexia?

5. What time do Bernie, Abby, and Ben get up in the mornings to care for the horses?

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