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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. How are Penny and Jody greeted by the Forrester family?
(a) With suspicion.
(b) With animosity.
(c) With open arms.
(d) With terror.

2. What gift does Oliver bring back from his adventures for Jody?
(a) A rusty mouth organ.
(b) A hunting knife.
(c) A raccoon-skin knapsack.
(d) A small umbrella.

3. After his father's attack, what relationship does Jody have with the animal that attacked him?
(a) He swears to avenge his father's attack.
(b) He kills the animal that attacked his father.
(c) He is forever terrified of the animal that attacked his father.
(d) He dreams about the animal that attacked his father.

4. How many sons do the Forresters have?
(a) Ten.
(b) Six.
(c) Four.
(d) Eight.

5. Why doesn't the Baxter family own a well?
(a) Because Ma thinks that wells are unclean.
(b) Because they didn't like the taste of well water.
(c) Because wells haven't been invented yet.
(d) Because they can't afford the labor to dig one.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes Jody into the woods in search of the fawn?

2. What animal attacks Penny while he and Jody are searching for the missing farm animals?

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

4. Who chooses the new name, Flag, for Jody's new fawn?

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

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

3. After the fistfight, what does Oliver ask of Jody, and what is Jody's response?

4. How is Julia injured by Old Slewfoot?

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

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

7. 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.

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

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

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

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