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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6, Chapters 19, 20, 21 and 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time do Bernie, Abby, and Ben get up in the mornings to care for the horses?
(a) Six o'clock.
(b) Four o'clock.
(c) Five o'clock.
(d) Seven o'clock.

2. About how old is Fitzwarren?
(a) In his thirties.
(b) In his forties.
(c) In his fifties.
(d) In his sixties.

3. Which of the following was NOT one of Dick's "rememberables"?
(a) A cat may look on a King.
(b) Time and tide wait for no man.
(c) Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
(d) Tell Truth, and shame the Devil.

4. What do the rats ask for, in addition to safety from the cat?
(a) Every other chicken egg.
(b) Free passage into and out of the barn.
(c) The right to come lay in the hay.
(d) A share of grain.

5. What does Ben say when Whittington purrs?
(a) That it sounds more like a chainsaw than a cat.
(b) That it sounds like Whittington is out of practice.
(c) That Whittington has the loudest purr in the world.
(d) That Whittington doesn't know what a purr should sound like.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the vet give to the horse along with castor oil?

2. How much were the chickens bought for at a livestock auction?

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

4. What is the rat who crawls out during Whittington's story trying to get?

5. What color is Abby's hair?

(see the answer key)

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