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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Middle Ground stories.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has Harrison Blair been chasing the same fox in the story "Foxhunt"?
(a) Three hours.
(b) Three months.
(c) Three days.
(d) Three years.

2. Which of the following activities would one use a scythe for?
(a) Entertaining children.
(b) Rowing a boat.
(c) Removing cotton from its casing.
(d) Cutting grain.

3. Which of the following adjectives best describes the competition between David Hogganbeck and Ikkemotubbe?
(a) Aggressive.
(b) Apathetic.
(c) Deadly.
(d) Friendly.

4. Who is responsible for the mysterious deaths of the chief and all his successors?
(a) Doom.
(b) Lo.
(c) Sam Feathers.
(d) Pappy.

5. Why does the president decide to hold a "mock trial" for the Indian chief's nephew?
(a) To appease the townsfolk.
(b) To punish the nephew to the fullest extent of the law.
(c) To get the Indians off his land.
(d) To fool the Indians into thinking that he understands the law.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Hawkshaw's fiance die?

2. Which of the following events does NOT happen in the story "Honor"?

3. How long did Doom live away from his tribe?

4. When Doom wants to settle an argument between two men in his tribe, what engineering challenge does he create?

5. How is the narrator of the story "Pennsylvania Station" related to the dead woman?

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