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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 - 16, Under the Gibbon Moon, The Throbbing Heart of News.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was Reuben born?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1952.

2. What does Reuben want to buy with the money he earns from tearing down the corncrib?
(a) A baseball and bat.
(b) A canoe.
(c) A model rocket.
(d) A telescope.

3. What does Reuben want for Christmas in 1962?
(a) A Spartacus model.
(b) A model rocket.
(c) A Crashmobile.
(d) An American frontier set.

4. About twelve days after Davy's escape, Reuben comes to tell his father that his lungs are tight. What is Jeremiah reading that night?
(a) Psalm 121.
(b) Psalm 91.
(c) Jeremiah 33.
(d) Lamentations 3.

5. What time do the Lands have to arrive at the courthouse for Davy's trial?
(a) 8:30 a.m.
(b) 7:30 a.m.
(c) 8 a.m.
(d) 9 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month was Reuben born?

2. What painter does Reuben think would have done a good job of painting Roxanna by the fire in the Badlands?

3. What does Swede call the moon when they picnic in the Badlands in January?

4. How much money does Jeremiah get when he sells his bed?

5. When did the owner of the gas station that the Lands go to on Sunday leave?

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