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

2. What is the name of the plague that is sweeping through the woods?
(a) Black Widow.
(b) Black Death.
(c) Black Tongue.
(d) Black Plague.

3. How many times does Jody look back to see Flag's dead body?
(a) More times that Jody can count.
(b) Twice.
(c) He never looks back.
(d) Once.

4. 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) Strawberry.
(b) Spinach.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Cabbage.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During what month of the year does Penny begin all his planting for the upcoming harvest?

2. Why does Lem Forrester throw Penny against the wall?

3. In September, why do the bears begin killing the palmettos?

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

5. What name does Ma use to refer to Twink?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jody build the fence that protects the corn crops from Flag?

2. What happens when Jody is asked to pen Flag?

3. What is the response to Jody's ability at planting the tobacco seeds?

4. What are Jody's final thoughts at the close of the novel?

5. What happens to make the Baxter family realize that Old Slewfoot has returned?

6. According to Penny, why is it necessary to lie to Oliver Hutto about the origins of Grandma Hutto's house fire, and what is Ma Baxter's response to the explanation?

7. While hunting for the wolves, why do Penny and Lem get into a fight over a buck?

8. Why are the Baxter and Forrester men glad that Fodder Wing is not alive to prowl the woods with them?

9. Why doesn't Penny want to hunt the wolves with the Forrester family?

10. What happens during the middle of the night, prompting Ma Baxter to ban Flag from entering the house?

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