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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many boys does Queenie have?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

2. In Chapter 9, how long is Cussy's route the day she stops at the schoolhouse?
(a) 21 miles.
(b) 17 1/2 miles.
(c) 12 miles.
(d) 19 1/2 miles.

3. How long did it take Pa's older brother to die when he was trapped in a mine explosion?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 1 day and 2 nights.
(c) 4 days.
(d) 2 days and nights.

4. How far did Caroline Barnes have to walk to find food for her babies in Chapter 1?
(a) 7 miles.
(b) 9 miles.
(c) 11 miles.
(d) 5 miles.

5. What time does Cussy leave Mr. Prine's homestead in Chapter 10?
(a) Close to 3:30.
(b) Around 4.
(c) 3:20.
(d) 3:15.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry give Cussy?

2. What was the name of Pa's older brother who was tricked into being a miner's sacrifice?

3. How many miners died in the last strike that Cussy remembers in Chapter 7?

4. What month is it in Chapter 3?

5. In Chapter 1, how many of her 12 children did a woman up in a holler lose to pellagra?

(see the answer key)

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