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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ode to the Rattler, Drawing Straws, Miss Sadie's Diving Parlor and Distribution.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the subject of Stucky Cybulskis' writing?
(a) The Rattler.
(b) Miss Sadie.
(c) The woods.
(d) Shady's liquor.

2. What does Miss Sadie wish Mrs. Larkin's life will be as long as?
(a) The smoke from her chimney.
(b) The hem of her dress.
(c) The hair on her chin.
(d) The reach of her tongue.

3. What attainment did Mrs. Evans' daughter achieve in 1918?
(a) Senior class president.
(b) Girls baseball MVP.
(c) Prom queen.
(d) School newspaper editor-in-chief.

4. What does Jinx do, when he hears a girl's voice?
(a) He hides.
(b) He calls out to her.
(c) He runs toward her.
(d) He runs away from her.

5. How does Abilene hope to avoid going to Miss Sadie's again?
(a) By pretending to be sick.
(b) By making herself so valuable to Shady that he won't let her go.
(c) By pretending to have too much homework to do.
(d) By getting in so much trouble with Shady that he won't let her go.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ruthanne's uncle comes back the next morning to investigate the sound, what does he find in one of his traps?

2. Who talks to Abilene about the embarrassment of foreign names?

3. Where does Abilene go with Lettie and Ruthanne, when they come over?

4. Who builds Miss Sadie's gate?

5. How much liquor does the sheriff demand from Shady by the next day?

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