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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the name of Mr. Tanner's boar?
(a) Goliath
(b) Sam
(c) Ulysses
(d) Samson
2. What does Papa mean when he tells Robert they should go "get it done."
(a) Let Pinky run free
(b) Slaughter Pinky
(c) Sell Pinky
(d) Breed Pinky
3. What does Mr. Hillman reveal about the child in the small coffin?
(a) He is an orphan
(b) He is his brother's child
(c) He is his illegitimate child
(d) He is his wife's stillborn child
4. What is Mr. Hillman doing when Papa and Robert arrive at the cemetery?
(a) Digging a deep hole
(b) Sitting on the ground sobbing
(c) Pacing in circles
(d) Lying motionless
5. What special treat does the family have for dinner?
(a) Apple pie
(b) Chocolate cake
(c) Raspberry pudding
(d) Cherry bread
6. What happens if Pinky is found to be barren?
(a) She will be sent away
(b) She will be ostracized
(c) She will be killed for food
(d) She will get fertility treatments
7. What day does Papa decide to kill Pinky?
(a) Thursday
(b) Tuesday
(c) Friday
(d) Saturday
8. What award does Pinky win at the fair?
(a) Second Prize for Best Behaved Pig
(b) Best of Show in the Swine category
(c) First Prize for Best Behaved Pig
(d) First Prize in Swine Showmanship
9. What does Robert do at the death of Pinky?
(a) Laughs
(b) Screams
(c) Cries
(d) Runs away
10. What is the unspoken understanding in the Peck household?
(a) Pinky must be slaughtered for food
(b) Mama is dying
(c) Papa and Mama will divorce eventually
(d) Robert does not like farming
11. Mr. Tanner tells Papa and Mama that Robert _______________________.
(a) Was a great help
(b) Is sick
(c) Is rude
(d) Got lost
12. Mama says that ____________ might benefit from some loving kindness.
(a) Widow Bascom
(b) Papa
(c) Aunt Carrie
(d) Mama
13. What does Papa do with the animal in #126?
(a) Puts it in a sack
(b) Shoots it
(c) Sets it free
(d) Stabs it
14. What does Papa say Pinky should have done by now?
(a) Run away
(b) Been slaughtered
(c) Come into heat
(d) Hunted
15. What does Papa help Mr. Hillman to do?
(a) Bury his brother's coffin
(b) Plant flowers
(c) Remove a small coffin from the grave
(d) Dig a new grave
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Papa ask Robert to do?
2. What does Robert have to do before he can go to the fair?
3. What is Robert's role in the barrel exercise?
4. What does Mr. Tanner say about the boar's dominance over Pinky?
5. Aunt Carrie is obviously upset about the behavior of whom?
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