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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Flag ages, what crop does he trample on the Baxter farm, meaning that there will be no cash for that crop this year?
(a) Cabbage.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Strawberry.
(d) Spinach.

2. What do the Forresters do to the Huttos in retaliation for Oliver's wedding to Twink?
(a) They kidnap Grandma Hutto for ransom.
(b) They kill Oliver and Twink.
(c) They steal all the family's food supply for the winter.
(d) They burn down Grandma Hutto's home.

3. How many times does Jody look back to see Flag's dead body?
(a) More times that Jody can count.
(b) Once.
(c) Twice.
(d) He never looks back.

4. Why is Penny laid up in the month of February, unable to complete any chores around the farm?
(a) He has caught the plague.
(b) He has a fever.
(c) He has rheumatism.
(d) He has a shotgun injury to his leg.

5. What does Jody make from the bright red Cherokee beans that he finds in the woods?
(a) A bean-soup for his family.
(b) A necklace for his mother.
(c) A rattling musical instrument.
(d) A collar for Flag.

6. How do the Baxters carry the body of Old Slewfoot back to their home?
(a) They carry his body over their shoulders.
(b) They float him on a boat lent from Nellie Ginright.
(c) The Forresters arrive to help them.
(d) They only carry his body as far as Fort Gates.

7. Who is Nellie Ginright?
(a) A female scientist studying the behaviors of bears.
(b) The town's school teacher.
(c) Penny's old girlfriend.
(d) Ma Baxter's best friend.

8. How many wolves invade the Baxter family farm?
(a) Three dozen.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) One dozen.

9. Why are the Baxter men called to hunt with the Forresters after they initially declined?
(a) Because the Forresters weren't able to build traps that could contain the wolves.
(b) Because the poisoning didn't kill all of the wolves.
(c) Because the wolves retaliated and killed one of the Forrester men.
(d) Because the wolves are growing in numbers.

10. What color is Twink's hair?
(a) Blond.
(b) Black.
(c) Light brown.
(d) Red.

11. After Christmas, to what does Jody compare the members of the Hutto family?
(a) Soldiers fighting a far away war.
(b) International spies.
(c) Baby birds that were taken too soon from their mother.
(d) Characters in a fairy tale.

12. When does Penny assume that Flag will grow his horns?
(a) In the coming summer.
(b) In the coming fall.
(c) In the coming spring.
(d) In the coming winter.

13. How big is the alligator that Penny hunts down by the watering hole and plans to smoke for dog food?
(a) Eight feet long.
(b) Three feet long.
(c) Twelve feet long.
(d) Fifteen feet long.

14. While searching the woods, what animal do the men discover has migrated north?
(a) The deer.
(b) The squirrels.
(c) The panthers.
(d) The bears.

15. What animal movement signals to Penny that bad weather might be coming?
(a) Squirrels nesting with more moss.
(b) Sea birds flying overhead.
(c) Snails trailing longer trails of slime.
(d) Bears migrating to the south.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Penny believe the plague was spread?

2. What strange item does Jody attempt to eat to fend off his starvation?

3. What does Ma call the Forrester boys after the lie to Oliver Hutto?

4. What part of his body does Penny strain while attempting to uproot a tree stump?

5. Where does Jody hope to sell Flag to keep him away from his father's gun?

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