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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The village doesn't matter except for what two things?
(a) The saloon and the general store.
(b) The preacher's house and the train station.
(c) The jailhouse and the gallows.
(d) The school and the church.

2. What does Winnie learn would be her fate if she drank from the spring?
(a) She'd remain a little girl forever.
(b) She'd die.
(c) She'd become an old woman.
(d) She'd grow until she was seventeen then stop aging.

3. What does Tuck do when he's introduced to Winnie?
(a) Starts to cry.
(b) Shakes her hand.
(c) Walks away without speaking.
(d) Hugs her.

4. How does Mae fasten the shawl around her shoulders?
(a) With a button.
(b) With a safety pin.
(c) With a string.
(d) With a tarnished metal brooch.

5. What is Winnie doing when the stranger comes to the Foster's gate?
(a) Waiting for Mae Tuck to pass by.
(b) Talking to a toad.
(c) Catching fireflies.
(d) Eating supper.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what ride does the author compare the first week of August?

2. What is Jesse's first answer when Winnie asks his age?

3. What is the sound that makes Winnie stop crying?

4. Why does Winnie leave her house?

5. What does Winnie's grandmother say is the source of the music they hear?

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