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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the female badger take shelter after collapsing in her den?
(a) In a cave.
(b) One of her old burrows.
(c) The MacDonald barn.
(d) Under Burton's porch.

2. What noise does the female badger NOT make while digging?
(a) Growl.
(b) Chatter.
(c) Grunt.
(d) Wheeze.

3. Ben sleeps for four hours after he sees the person on the horse in the distance. What does he notice when he wakes up?
(a) He is very hungry.
(b) The badger has returned.
(c) He can't feel his legs.
(d) The person has returned.

4. After the initial digging, the badger moves away and begins to dig again at what distance from the first site?
(a) A mile.
(b) Fifty feet.
(c) Two feet.
(d) 360 yards.

5. What reaction do the neighbors say Ben's siblings have when they attempt to discuss Ben with them?
(a) They are uncomfortable and don't want to talk about him.
(b) They admit Ben is odd and laugh.
(c) They avoid the neighbors in the first place.
(d) They shrug and say they don't know what's wrong with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following fates did NOT befall the female badger's previous litter?

2. What leads Ben to conclude that the badger was not a dream after his first night in the badger den?

3. Why does the author say the real agony begins for the badger at dawn of the second morning?

4. For what is the badger searching when the author first introduces the character?

5. Burton says, when the search party is unable to locate Ben, that the boy must have gone where?

(see the answer key)

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