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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gives Jody a round box for his gunpowder for Christmas?
(a) Eulalie Boyles.
(b) Twink.
(c) Fodder Wing Forrester.
(d) Grandma Hutto.

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

3. Why does the Baxter family decide to slaughter their pigs before they are fattened?
(a) Because they can no longer afford the pigs' feed.
(b) So that they won't catch the plague.
(c) Because the family is starving.
(d) So that the bears cannot eat them.

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

5. What type of animal do the Baxter men witness dying when they return for their cured swamp grass?
(a) A moose.
(b) A bear.
(c) A buck.
(d) A wildcat.

6. How does Jody know that Flag has been eating the family's corn crop?
(a) He recognizes Flag's tracks in the dirt.
(b) Ma swears that she saw Flag with an ear of corn in his mouth.
(c) He smells the corn on Flag's breath.
(d) He sees Flag eating the crop.

7. What crop does Penny spend much time planning to plant in early March?
(a) Onions.
(b) Sweet potatoes.
(c) Beets.
(d) Corn.

8. Before Jody plans to leave, what statement does he repeat over and over to himself?
(a) "I am a killer."
(b) "Flag's dead."
(c) "I am a man."
(d) "I am alone."

9. What, does Penny explain, is the stage a deer goes through called "yearling"?
(a) The age of a deer right before it dies from old age.
(b) The in-between phase of maturity.
(c) The age when a deer grows his horns.
(d) The age of a newborn deer before it is called a fawn.

10. What does Ma call the Forrester boys after the lie to Oliver Hutto?
(a) Monkeys.
(b) Baboons.
(c) Gorillas.
(d) Chimpanzees.

11. What animal has been spit up from the river and now covers the ground in the woods?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Fish.
(c) Toads.
(d) Frogs.

12. How many days does it take Jody to build the fence?
(a) Twelve days.
(b) Twenty-one days.
(c) Six days.
(d) Thirty days.

13. After Christmas, what is Jody's main winter chore?
(a) Planting the fields.
(b) Chopping wood.
(c) Skinning the deer.
(d) Churning milk into butter.

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

15. How does Jody respond to the second flutter mill that he builds?
(a) It brings him no joy.
(b) It brings him terror.
(c) It brings him comfort.
(d) It brings him amusement.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Christmas, to what does Jody compare the members of the Hutto family?

2. As the family makes their way back home after the Christmas celebrations, what emotion best describes the way that Jody feels upon seeing his home again?

3. What happens after Flag goes wandering through the house at night and nuzzles Ma while she is sleeping?

4. Who does Jody plan to enlist as a partner to save Flag from his fate?

5. When the storm arrives, how many days does it last?

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