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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tale 3, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Polly playing with her friends?
(a) By the river.
(b) In her backyard.
(c) In the playground.
(d) Near a junk yard.

2. Of what is Adam convinced?
(a) He'll be hauling water forever.
(b) He does not want to be a farmer.
(c) He does not want to go to school.
(d) He can fix the problem with the well.

3. Why does Adam have to go down to the river regularly?
(a) To fish for his family's meals.
(b) To haul water.
(c) To collect river rocks to build a pool.
(d) To work on a dam he is building to divert water to the fields.

4. What does Sam do when Rowena suggests something to her mother?
(a) Laughs at Rowena.
(b) Agrees to take down the tree.
(c) Offers to give her his daughter's dress that she'd outgrown.
(d) Says it is not a good idea.

5. What does Adam's father refuse to do?
(a) Built a holding pond for rain water.
(b) Let Adam consult a well digger about a new well.
(c) Get water from a spring on a neighboring farm.
(d) Let Adam go to school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sounds like "jug-a-rum"?

2. What does Rowena go downstairs to do?

3. What has been filled by the evening at Adam's family farm?

4. Who gestures to Polly in the playground?

5. From what point of view is this tale written?

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