View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion is Mr. Tanner?

2. What do Papa and the other men put into a barrel?

3. Where does Robert wish he could take Pinky?

4. How does Pinky behave in the show ring?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What good news does Robert get in Chapter 9?

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

3. What is Robert's reaction to the weaseling?

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

5. Explain Mama's position on Widow Bascom's situation.

6. What is the weaseling procedure in which Robert participates/

7. What awakens Robert at the beginning of Chapter 8?

8. Why does Mama send Robert out to hunt for a gray squirrel?

9. How does Chapter 8 demonstrate the tolerance of the people in the Shaker religion?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how you think Robert will decide to live his life after Papa's death? Will he continue to be a farmer and a Shaker? Or will he find a way to get an education and move into the outside world? Provide some support for your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Develop a character profile on Papa. What are his physical characteristics? What are his personality traits? What is important to him?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Papa's evolving relationship with Robert. How does he gently guide him into becoming a man and being able to take over the farm?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 955 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample