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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Hillman reveal about the child in the small coffin?
(a) He is his brother's child
(b) He is his wife's stillborn child
(c) He is his illegitimate child
(d) He is an orphan

2. What new article of clothing does Robert need?
(a) Suit
(b) Shoes
(c) A winter coat
(d) Pants

3. What does Papa help Mr. Hillman to do?
(a) Plant flowers
(b) Remove a small coffin from the grave
(c) Bury his brother's coffin
(d) Dig a new grave

4. What is Mr. Hillman doing when Papa and Robert arrive at the cemetery?
(a) Pacing in circles
(b) Sitting on the ground sobbing
(c) Digging a deep hole
(d) Lying motionless

5. What is one thing Robert and his father do not talk about while they work on the piglet's home?
(a) Each person is born to do a mission
(b) The beauty of their lives
(c) The bounty of the land
(d) The next birthday party

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Robert notice when he looks outside?

2. What does Mrs. Hillman say her husband has gone out to do?

3. What is Papa's mission?

4. What Revolutionary War figure was a resident of Robert's town?

5. What is the piglet's new home made out of?

(see the answer key)

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