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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 is Papa's last word to Robert as he drops him off at the Tanners'?
(a) Restraint
(b) Silence
(c) Manners
(d) Responsibility

2. What does Mrs. Hillman say her husband has gone out to do?
(a) See his mistress
(b) Desecrate a grave
(c) Buy a new plow
(d) Rob a store

3. What does Pinky do that embarrasses Robert?
(a) Eats Mrs. Tanner's lunch
(b) Soils Mrs. Tanner's dress
(c) Runs into the show ring
(d) Knocks over a lemonade stand

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

5. What is one of the reasons for the troubles facing the Pecks?
(a) Papa cannot hunt effectively
(b) Winter has come too early
(c) Mama had cancer
(d) Robert got a virus

Short Answer Questions

1. What crop will be diminished due to Robert's actions?

2. What do Papa and Robert agree to never participate in again?

3. What does Robert realize about the three people who love him aside from his parents?

4. Who is Ira Long?

5. Why is Mr. Tanner's boar brought to Papa's farm?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Robert like the experience of showing Mr. Tanner's oxen?

2. How does Papa react to Robert's maturity over giving up Pinky for the welfare of the family?

3. What is the significance of Pinky's being barren?

4. Why is Robert so alarmed at Pinky's breeding/

5. Describe how Robert's farm boy innocence exhibits at the fair.

6. What does Robert hear his mother and aunt discussing in Chapter 9?

7. What have been Robert's experiences with Widow Bascom?

8. What do Papa and Robert find in the cemetery?

9. What happens when Papa, Robert and Mr. Hillman leave the cemetery?

10. What is the unspoken understanding regarding Pinky in the Peck household?

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