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

2. What is Jody afraid of when he sees that the corn he planted is beginning to germinate?
(a) That another animal will eat the new crop, and Ma will accuse Flag.
(b) That the corn will not take and will therefore be a loss.
(c) That Flag will eat the new crop.
(d) That the Forresters will come and steal the newly planted corn.

3. During a fight, what does Ma Baxter state that Penny's heart is made of?
(a) Glass.
(b) Butter.
(c) Lard.
(d) Stone.

4. What bird does Penny notice has survived the plague?
(a) Chickens
(b) Wild turkeys.
(c) Quails.
(d) Pheasants.

5. Who shoots the final shot that kills Flag?
(a) Buck Forrester.
(b) Ma.
(c) Penny.
(d) Jody.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Nellie Ginright?

3. After Christmas, to what does Jody compare the members of the Hutto family?

4. Why does Jody wish for a hurricane?

5. What interesting thing does Penny witness a maimed wolf doing on his property?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What prompts Jody to change his opinion of Twink?

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

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

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

7. 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?

8. What do Jody and Penny witness the maimed wolf doing on their land, and what is their response?

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

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

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