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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 - 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mother do when she opens the tax bill?
(a) She clutches it to her chest.
(b) She is so startled she drops it.
(c) She tears it to pieces.
(d) She begins to weep over it.

2. What do Dad, Matthew, and Mark load up for slaughter at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) Sheep.
(b) Hogs.
(c) Goats.
(d) Cows.

3. After Matthew asks how the family can possibly pay the property taxes, what does Mother announce she has just received?
(a) Her work permit.
(b) Another new bill.
(c) An offer from someone to buy their farm.
(d) An inheritance from her mother.

4. After Mark leaves Luke's room, what does Luke notice light pouring out of in his room?
(a) The ventilation shafts.
(b) A drain.
(c) A small hole in the wall.
(d) Two tiny windows.

5. Who is going to be living in the new houses being built next to Luke's home?
(a) Immigrants.
(b) Miners and their families.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Government workers and other city folk.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much more money is the tax bill from previous years?

2. Why is Luke's Dad furious with him in Chapter 8?

3. What are some of the orders Luke recalls the Government giving his family in the past?

4. While the Garner family is eating dinner in Chapter 1, they hear tires on the gravel driveway. Where does Luke scramble off to?

5. What is Luke delighted to find after his whole family leaves in a hurry in Chapter 8?

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