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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the second thing Mother asks of Father once the bantering is over?
(a) If he is planning to buy more cows.
(b) If he is planning to hire more workers.
(c) If he is planning to buy more pigs.
(d) If he is planning to buy more horses.

2. In Section 2, what happens when Father returns to the house?
(a) The family eats.
(b) Mother helps to build a barn.
(c) Sammy helps to build a house.
(d) The family fights.

3. From the introduction, what does the reader know about how the secondary characters are going to be affected?
(a) They are going win the battle.
(b) They think the main character has lost her mind.
(c) They are going to be affected by the main character's defiance.
(d) They are going to feel beaten down by the main character's defiance.

4. What is the best description of the house Adoniram and Sarah Penn own?
(a) A large, spacious mansion.
(b) A quaint but beautiful two-story house.
(c) A tiny shack.
(d) A small but adequate house.

5. There is an underlying attitude that the author provides as Father gives the directions for while he is away on his trip. What is that underlying attitude?
(a) Fighting being apologetic.
(b) Embarrassed about being remorseful.
(c) Pretending to be apologetic.
(d) Fine being apologetic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What characteristic is Sammy trying to show as he speaks to his father in Section 5?

2. From the introduction, how does the reader know that the protagonist will defy social convention?

3. What answer does Mother give to Nanny's question about what the men are digging for?

4. Once the children leave the house, what does Mother do?

5. Considering the statement Mother makes after Father leaves the farm, to where does Mother believe their family is headed?

(see the answer key)

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