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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. What name does Ma use to refer to Twink?
(a) Chiquita.
(b) Chambawamba.
(c) ChaCha.
(d) Chippendale.

2. With his father laid up in bed, how does Jody pass the month of February?
(a) Playing skip-rope with the neighbors.
(b) Hunting in the woods.
(c) Working hard around the farm.
(d) Reading books in his bedroom.

3. Why doesn't Old Julia follow the yearling tracks that Penny finds in the woods?
(a) Because they are Flag's tracks.
(b) Because she can smell bears in the distance.
(c) Because she is getting too old to hunt.
(d) Because the Baxters are no longer hunting deer.

4. How does Jody know that Flag has been eating the family's corn crop?
(a) He sees Flag eating the crop.
(b) He recognizes Flag's tracks in the dirt.
(c) Ma swears that she saw Flag with an ear of corn in his mouth.
(d) He smells the corn on Flag's breath.

5. After Penny injures himself uprooting the tree stump, why won't he call for Doc Wilson?
(a) Because he will have to pass through the Forrester property to get there.
(b) Because he knows the doctor is away on business.
(c) Because he no longer trusts the doctor's judgment.
(d) Because he still owes the doctor money.

Short Answer Questions

1. During their planting for the upcoming harvest, what seed is Jody assigned to replant, a task that he takes his time with?

2. How does Jody plan to get to Boston?

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

4. During a fight, what does Ma Baxter state that Penny's heart is made of?

5. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as covering the ground in the woods?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Penny propose that they get the fabric Ma requested for her Christmas dress?

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

3. Why are all the animals in the woods dying, and what does Jody fear in this realization?

4. What is the response to Oliver Hutto and Twink's return from the steamship?

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

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

7. After Flag dies, how does Jody plan to escape to Boston?

8. At the end of winter, how does the family feel about Old Slewfoot's meat?

9. How is Penny coping with his groin injury at the time of Flag's bad behavior?

10. 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?

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