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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Grandma Hutto's little white dog?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Twink.
(c) Fuzzy.
(d) Fluff.

2. Which of the following words is used to describe the color of Jody's hair?
(a) Wheat.
(b) Dirt.
(c) Straw.
(d) Fire.

3. Who takes Jody into the woods in search of the fawn?
(a) Mill Wheel Forrester.
(b) Buck Forrester.
(c) Fodder Wing.
(d) Penny.

4. What unusual animal does the Baxter family have drying in their smoke house?
(a) Toad.
(b) Turtle.
(c) Alligator.
(d) Snake.

5. From which character did Penny earn the nickname "Leetle ol' Penny Baxter"?
(a) Ora Baxter.
(b) Buck Forrester.
(c) Lem Forrester.
(d) Oliver Hutto.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the only person that the Forrester men feel comfortable sharing their grief with?

2. When Oliver gets into a fight, how many of the Forrester men does he fight at once?

3. After his father's attack, what relationship does Jody have with the animal that attacked him?

4. On the day that Jody returns from the Forrester's home, what meat does Penny have cooking in the smokehouse?

5. After his father's attack, what chore does Jody complete on his own for the first time in his life?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Fodder Wing tell Jody about the magnolia tree, and what is Jody's reaction?

2. What does Jody do in the middle of the night after Old Slewfoot has been killed and everyone has fallen asleep?

3. While Penny and Jody are hunting for Grandma Hutto, a buck is killed. Describe both Jody's and Penny's roles in the buck's death.

4. What happens when Jody goes swimming at Grandma Hutto's house?

5. What significant even happened when Jody Baxter was two years old?

6. What happens during Fodder Wing's burial service?

7. How did Fodder Wing earn his nickname, and what was the result of his accident?

8. How does Oliver react to hearing the news that Lem Forrester has claimed Twink as his sweetheart?

9. What does Jody realize when he visits Fodder Wing's collection of pets after Fodder Wing's death?

10. How is the Baxter family's limestone sinkhole divided?

(see the answer keys)

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