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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. Penny and Jody see a type of "dancing" bird while they are out fishing. What type of bird is it?
(a) Eagle.
(b) Owl.
(c) Hawk.
(d) Crane.

2. Who does all the work on the farm while Jody is sick in bed?
(a) Lem Forrester.
(b) Fodder Wing.
(c) Ma.
(d) Penny.

3. What does Jody see his father do, which prompts him to believe his father will live?
(a) Vomit.
(b) Breathe.
(c) Swear.
(d) Laugh.

4. What does Fodder Wing feed to his dogs?
(a) Dog food.
(b) He doesn't feed them.
(c) Smaller animals.
(d) Table scraps.

5. Where has Oliver Hutto been living, before he returns to Grandma Hutto's home?
(a) In the desert.
(b) On a small island.
(c) Out at sea.
(d) Deep in the woods.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT used as a description of Oliver Hutto?

2. What animals go missing from the Baxter farm after the fistfight?

3. Penny and Jody come across what animals swinging in a sapling tree?

4. What does Penny say about Jody after the fistfight?

5. How does Jody react when he first sees the Spaniard in the trees?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Fodder Wing's death, what does Jody realize about nature?

2. How is Jody injured during the fight between Oliver Hutto and the Forrester men?

3. What happens when Jody eats half-ripe berries from the woods?

4. While walking to the fishing hole, what does Penny inform Jody about the Minorcans?

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

6. How does the Baxter family prepare the buck that Penny shoots with his new gun?

7. How has the Baxter farm changed from the beginning of summer to the end, in August?

8. What reaction does Jody have when Old Slewfoot kills the Baxter family's pregnant sow?

9. What plan does Jody concoct to persuade his parents that he is mature enough to take on the fawn as a pet?

10. Jody and his father have what reaction to Fodder Wing's baby raccoon?

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