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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are some of the men doing to Mrs. Meeker?
(a) Slapping her
(b) Tying her up
(c) Holding her by the fireplace
(d) Cutting her

2. What is the name of Mr. Meeker's newspaper?
(a) Redding Dispatch
(b) Rivington's Gazette
(c) Meeker's Monthly
(d) Rivington Daily News

3. With whom does Tim find time to play with after his chores?
(a) Jerry Sanford
(b) Tom Warrup
(c) Jacob Beach
(d) Jacob Sanford

4. Why does Mr. Meeker tell Tim to stay away from Mr. Heron?
(a) He is a bad influence
(b) He is involved in the war somehow
(c) He is an atheist
(d) He is a thief

5. In what month of the year does the novel begin?
(a) April
(b) December
(c) May
(d) August

Short Answer Questions

1. Tim finds that it is hard to ___________________.

2. What does war mean for Tim?

3. What does Tim do in secret that he knows his father would not approve of?

4. What kind of fish do Tim and Jerry catch?

5. When Mr. Meeker does not give up the gun, what does the soldier do?

(see the answer key)

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