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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Christmas, to what does Jody compare the members of the Hutto family?
(a) International spies.
(b) Characters in a fairy tale.
(c) Baby birds that were taken too soon from their mother.
(d) Soldiers fighting a far away war.

2. What does Ma call the Forrester boys after the lie to Oliver Hutto?
(a) Monkeys.
(b) Baboons.
(c) Chimpanzees.
(d) Gorillas.

3. Why does Jody wish for a hurricane?
(a) Because he is angry at his father and wishes the crops to be ruined.
(b) Because he doesn't know what a hurricane is.
(c) Because their fields are completely parched of water.
(d) Because he has fond memories of rain.

4. Who shoots the final shot that kills Flag?
(a) Jody.
(b) Penny.
(c) Buck Forrester.
(d) Ma.

5. What name does Ma use to refer to Twink?
(a) ChaCha.
(b) Chambawamba.
(c) Chippendale.
(d) Chiquita.

6. What does Jody whittle for his father's Christmas gift?
(a) A pipe.
(b) A bowl.
(c) A figurine.
(d) A knife.

7. What animal movement signals to Penny that bad weather might be coming?
(a) Sea birds flying overhead.
(b) Snails trailing longer trails of slime.
(c) Squirrels nesting with more moss.
(d) Bears migrating to the south.

8. What crop of the Baxter family is described as "rotting in the ground"?
(a) Radishes.
(b) Sweet potatoes.
(c) Onions.
(d) Carrots.

9. What is the name of the Baxter family's horse?
(a) Magellan.
(b) Napoleon.
(c) Caesar.
(d) Hamlet.

10. In September, why do the bears begin killing the palmettos?
(a) Because the palmettos are encroaching on bear territory.
(b) Because the palmettos are the most delicious food for a bear.
(c) Because they don't have any other food supply.
(d) Because the Baxter family is using the palmettos as bait.

11. Why have the Forrester brothers traveled to Kentucky at the time Flag reaches his fate?
(a) To start working a new farm.
(b) To play cards.
(c) To sell the bear cubs.
(d) To trade horses.

12. When Ma attempts to shoot Flag, where does she hit him?
(a) In the leg.
(b) She misses him completely.
(c) In the stomach.
(d) In the head.

13. How does Jody know that Flag has been eating the family's corn crop?
(a) He smells the corn on Flag's breath.
(b) Ma swears that she saw Flag with an ear of corn in his mouth.
(c) He sees Flag eating the crop.
(d) He recognizes Flag's tracks in the dirt.

14. Why doesn't Old Julia follow the yearling tracks that Penny finds in the woods?
(a) Because they are Flag's tracks.
(b) Because she can smell bears in the distance.
(c) Because the Baxters are no longer hunting deer.
(d) Because she is getting too old to hunt.

15. In what month does the Baxter family experience their first frost of the year?
(a) November.
(b) March.
(c) September.
(d) January.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times does Jody look back to see Flag's dead body?

2. In September, why must Jody always keep the fawn near?

3. With his father laid up in bed, how does Jody pass the month of February?

4. Why don't Penny and Jody follow Old Slewfoot when they see him crossing the river?

5. During what month of the year does Penny begin all his planting for the upcoming harvest?

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