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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ben react when the neighbor's dog charges him?
(a) Runs and hides.
(b) Drops to all fours and whines.
(c) Smacks it on the nose.
(d) Screams and kicks at it.

2. Which Native American tribe used to inhabit the lands that make up the MacDonald farm?
(a) Lakota.
(b) Dakota Sioux.
(c) Blackfeet.
(d) Cree.

3. Which of the following fates did NOT befall the female badger's previous litter?
(a) Fight with wolf.
(b) Den flood.
(c) Starved to death.
(d) Caught by eagle.

4. What is the name of the new neighbor Ben's father wants him to meet?
(a) Mr. Lobo.
(b) Mr. Hill.
(c) Mr. Burton.
(d) Mr. McCray.

5. According to the author at the end of Chapter Two, a normal life span for a badger is how long?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Six years.
(c) Fourteen years.
(d) Twenty-five years.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Three, how does the hawk react when Ben tries to watch it eat?

2. How does the author say Esther MacDonald reacts to the journey in the prologue?

3. Normally the badger is a nocturnal animal. Why was she out during the day she encountered Ben?

4. What is the name of the neighbor's dog?

5. The North West Company's original fort is seized and destroyed by the Hudson Bay Company; what is the name of the fort that replaces this original fort?

(see the answer key)

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