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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. In what subject has Robert received a D on his report card?
(a) Math
(b) History
(c) Science
(d) English
2. What does the answer to #31 show to Robert and his father?
(a) A black goat
(b) The twin calves
(c) His new tractor
(d) A blue ribbon
3. What does Robert feed his piglet?
(a) Corn
(b) Pig food
(c) Table scraps
(d) Milk and meal
4. From where is the noise coming?
(a) A cow having trouble delivering a calf
(b) A neighbor girl
(c) A noon train
(d) A meadow
5. What do Robert and his father talk about as they build the piglet's house?
(a) Tractors
(b) School
(c) Girls
(d) Shaker Law
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the outcome of Robert's tutoring session?
2. What is the remedy for Robert's bad grade?
3. What does Robert ask his parents to tell the farmer?
4. What does Robert say is his favorite thing to look at?
5. What does Robert have in his pocket when he comes home?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe how Robert appreciates the beauty of nature in Chapter 7.
2. What is Robert's odd behavior after the hawk catches a rabbit?
3. Explain why even though Papa has no formal education, he is still well aware of his worth.
4. What is humorous about Robert's interpretation of his aunt's proposal of tutoring?
5. Why is Robert not offended by the stench of animal slaughtering on his father?
6. How is Robert injured in his encounter with the cow?
7. How is Aunt Mattie's exasperation also a source of humor?
8. What is the metaphor Robert sees in the dust trail left by a wagon?
9. What Shaker belief rules the building of Pinky's home?
10. What is the literary technique used when Robert watches a crow kill a frog in a pond?
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