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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In September, why do the bears begin killing the palmettos?
(a) Because the palmettos are the most delicious food for a bear.
(b) Because the Baxter family is using the palmettos as bait.
(c) Because the palmettos are encroaching on bear territory.
(d) Because they don't have any other food supply.

2. At the end of the novel, what does Jody realize is the only thing that can bring him comfort?
(a) His future.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) His own death.

3. What is the name of the area where the Baxter men find the bears hunting salt water mullet?
(a) Bear Heaven.
(b) The Fishing Hole.
(c) Salt Water Paradise.
(d) Mullet Prairie.

4. After Flag breaks into the crops again, what does Penny ask Jody to do with the yearling?
(a) Sell him.
(b) Release him into the wild.
(c) Shoot him.
(d) Hide him from Ma.

5. What does Jody whittle for his father's Christmas gift?
(a) A figurine.
(b) A bowl.
(c) A pipe.
(d) A knife.

6. When the storm arrives, how many days does it last?
(a) Two days.
(b) Seven days.
(c) Three days.
(d) Five days.

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

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

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

10. Who is the only member of the Baxter family to kill one of the invading wolves?
(a) Ma Baxter.
(b) Jody.
(c) Flag.
(d) Old Julia.

11. Why does Jody wish for a hurricane?
(a) Because he is angry at his father and wishes the crops to be ruined.
(b) Because he doesn't know what a hurricane is.
(c) Because he has fond memories of rain.
(d) Because their fields are completely parched of water.

12. Where is Jody meant to get the supplies for the fence around the corn crop?
(a) From Mr. Boyle's general store.
(b) From the scrub.
(c) From the Forrester's yard.
(d) From Grandma Hutto's home.

13. What interesting thing does Penny witness a maimed wolf doing on his property?
(a) Climbing the fence to get to the chickens.
(b) Playing with the family dogs.
(c) Howling at the sun.
(d) Hunting for sweet potatoes in the field.

14. In what month does the Baxter family experience their first frost of the year?
(a) November.
(b) January.
(c) September.
(d) March.

15. 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) Strawberry.
(c) Spinach.
(d) Tobacco.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Penny laid up in the month of February, unable to complete any chores around the farm?

2. Why was Penny forced into bed for three days following the return of Old Slewfoot?

3. What type of animal do the Baxter men witness dying when they return for their cured swamp grass?

4. What crop of the Baxter family is described as "rotting in the ground"?

5. What animal comes sniffing around the camp where the men sleep, enticed by the smell of cooking meat?

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