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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. Which of the following words might Jody use to describe his day in the woods in the opening chapter?
(a) Terrible.
(b) Perfect.
(c) Average.
(d) Frustrating

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

3. What does Buck stuff into the bee hive to trick the bees out of it?
(a) Water.
(b) A smoke bomb.
(c) Moss.
(d) His T-shirt.

4. After being accused of having Eulalie Boyles as his sweetheart, what does Jody throw at Eulalie Boyles?
(a) A rock.
(b) A potato.
(c) A dime.
(d) A harmonica.

5. What does Jody give to Doc in exchange for healing his father?
(a) His coonskin knapsack.
(b) The gun traded from the Forresters.
(c) His new hunting knife.
(d) The baby fawn.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Jody arrives at Fodder Wing's home with his new fawn, what news is he greeted with?

2. What does the Baxter family suspect happened to the missing animals?

3. When Jody sees Oliver to say goodbye, what does Oliver ask Jody to do for him?

4. Which of the following is NOT a watering trough at the Baxter family sinkhole?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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.

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

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

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

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

6. What happens when the Forrester boys wake up, thinking that they hear a "varmint" scratching around their mother's bedpost?

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

8. How do each of Jody's parents react to the fact that he has been rambling in the woods all morning rather than doing his chores?

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

10. How is Julia injured by Old Slewfoot?

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