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

2. How many days does it take Jody to build the fence?
(a) Twenty-one days.
(b) Twelve days.
(c) Six days.
(d) Thirty days.

3. Who gives Jody a round box for his gunpowder for Christmas?
(a) Fodder Wing Forrester.
(b) Grandma Hutto.
(c) Eulalie Boyles.
(d) Twink.

4. Who does Jody attempt to talk to on the way to Volusia, prompting him to deeply miss Fodder Wing?
(a) The ferry boy.
(b) The horse wrangler.
(c) The blacksmith.
(d) The gardener.

5. Where is Jody meant to get the supplies for the fence around the corn crop?
(a) From Mr. Boyle's general store.
(b) From Grandma Hutto's home.
(c) From the scrub.
(d) From the Forrester's yard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why have the Forrester brothers traveled to Kentucky at the time Flag reaches his fate?

2. Which character says, "It grieves me..." to see that Jody is growing up so fast?

3. What type of animal do the Baxter men witness dying when they return for their cured swamp grass?

4. As the family makes their way back home after the Christmas celebrations, what emotion best describes the way that Jody feels upon seeing his home again?

5. In early October, what smell has begun to permeate the Baxter farm?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the events directly contributing to Flag's death.

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

3. How can Jody tell that Flag is beginning to mature into a buck?

4. Why does Jody view stormy weather as a particularly nostalgic time of his life?

5. Why do Penny and Jody return to Mullet Prairie?

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

7. How does it happen that Jody kills his first bear?

8. 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?

9. How is Penny injured while he is trying to uproot a tree trunk?

10. After hunting the wolves in the woods, why must Penny put all his trust in Buck Forrester?

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