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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the other children return home from school, William asks John to continue the search for Ben in which direction?
(a) East.
(b) North.
(c) South.
(d) West.

2. As Chapter Nine begins, at what point does Esther begin to wonder where Ben is?
(a) After dinner.
(b) About noon.
(c) As soon as breakfast is over.
(d) When the school bus arrives.

3. How much money does Burton say he can make off the male badger's pelt?
(a) Eighteen or twenty dollars.
(b) Thirty or forty dollars.
(c) Twelve or fifteen dollars.
(d) Five or six dollars.

4. Why does Ben initially decide not to head for home in Chapter Seven?
(a) He thinks Burton might be at his house.
(b) He is looking for the female badger.
(c) He doesn't think the storm is close.
(d) He knows his parents are looking for him.

5. Why does Esther not initially go to look for her son when she realizes she hasn't seen him for awhile?
(a) She doesn't want to interrupt if he's spending time with William.
(b) She is too busy with housework.
(c) She is trying not to smother him.
(d) She knows Ben is upset with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long ago did the MacDonalds come to the region to settle their farm?

2. At the end of Chapter Three, William comments on what behavior from Ben?

3. In 1870, the Hudson Bay Company transfers the title of its entire territory to which government?

4. Why did Burton leave Lobo at home when going to check his traps?

5. While examining the mouse skull abandoned by the hawk, Ben discovers what?

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