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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long ago did the MacDonalds come to the region to settle their farm?
(a) Five years.
(b) Fifty years.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) Two years.

2. By dawn of the second morning caught in the trap, what has the female badger accomplished?
(a) She has chewed the trap free from the chain.
(b) She has drug the trap forty feet closer to the den.
(c) She has completely freed herself from the trap.
(d) She has accomplished nothing.

3. While the female badger is digging, what other animal catches her attention for a few minutes?
(a) Prairie dog.
(b) Wolf.
(c) Badger.
(d) Hawk.

4. How long does the male badger struggle in the trap before Burton finds him?
(a) Three days.
(b) Two hours.
(c) Two days.
(d) One day.

5. While examining his find in Chapter Three, Ben finds himself face to face with what animal?
(a) Deer.
(b) Fox.
(c) Wolf.
(d) Badger.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Esther react when Ben refuses to come inside for dinner after Burton shows them the dead male badger?

2. How does Ben react to seeing the badger Burton caught?

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

4. Why does Burton decide not to shoot the male badger?

5. With which of Ben's siblings does he NOT have a good relationship?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Burton wish to trap on the MacDonald's land?

2. According to the townspeople of Winnipeg, why does Burton take his dog, Lobo, with him wherever he goes?

3. One of the pups is still alive when the female badger finally escapes the trap and returns to her den. Why does the last pup die?

4. What occurrence leads the MacDonalds to name the site for the new farm?

5. What reasons does William give Esther for why he agreed to let Burton run traps on their land?

6. What does Esther suggest in Chapter One as the real reason Ben acts as though he is afraid of his father?

7. In the prologue, how is Esther MacDonald described?

8. As the prologue ends, what does the author say is the MacDonald family's greatest problem and why is that problem strange?

9. Describe the growth of the MacDonald farm in the early years of the settlement.

10. What happened to the badger's last litter?

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