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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Rowena hear about Adam Fiske?
(a) That water suddenly appears on his farm.
(b) That he is dying.
(c) That his farm has burned up.
(d) That his father has left them.
2. What is in the pair of pants that Adam hangs in the closet?
(a) A pipe and tobacco.
(b) A few coins.
(c) A wad of dollar bills.
(d) Blinn's card.
3. What does Rowena mutter when Adam sits behind her in class?
(a) That Henry deserves his fate.
(b) Something about stuck feet.
(c) That Polly is the cause of her problems.
(d) That Adam better be a lucky boy if he uses his card.
4. What does Sam offer to do?
(a) Take Henry to a tree surgeon.
(b) Take care of Henry so Rowena can take her brother to the park.
(c) Take care of Henry so Rowena can go to the party.
(d) Take care of Henry so Rowena can go to the zoo.
5. What does Adam finally decide to do about the situation at home?
(a) Ask his pa to build a new well.
(b) Use Blinn's card.
(c) Leave home.
(d) Refuse to work anymore.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why is Rowena unable to go anywhere?
2. When does Adam have to go back to school?
3. What does Rowena say to Sam about Henry?
4. About what does Mrs. Jervice remind Rowena?
5. What does Stew Meat do after he gets out his card?
Short Essay Questions
1. What point of view is used in the Epilogue and who is the narrator?
2. How are Polly and Rowena described when Adam goes to school the next day?
3. What will happen eventually if the water does not stop flowing?
4. What does Adam promise his mother and what does this promise prompt Adam to do?
5. What does Adam start doing for his mother and how does he frighten himself?
6. What happens when Polly becomes desperate?
7. What does Adam hear as he is going to bed and what does his pa say about it?
8. What happens when Adam tries the dowsing stick a few times and what is his mother's response to what he tells her about it?
9. What surprises Adam and his mother?
10. What does Adam's father say about Uncle Poot and what is Adam's response?
This section contains 791 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |
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