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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. After Christmas, how often do the Forrester brothers ride past the Baxter farm.
(a) Very rarely.
(b) Every day.
(c) About once a week.
(d) Never.
2. In September, why do the bears begin killing the palmettos?
(a) Because the palmettos are encroaching on bear territory.
(b) Because they don't have any other food supply.
(c) Because the Baxter family is using the palmettos as bait.
(d) Because the palmettos are the most delicious food for a bear.
3. Why does Jody wish for a hurricane?
(a) Because he has fond memories of rain.
(b) Because he doesn't know what a hurricane is.
(c) Because he is angry at his father and wishes the crops to be ruined.
(d) Because their fields are completely parched of water.
4. How do the Forrester men suggest they get rid of the invading wolves?
(a) Drown them.
(b) Shoot them.
(c) Trap them.
(d) Poison them.
5. After the run-in with the Forresters at the Christmas party, where does Grandma Hutto decide to move?
(a) To Boston.
(b) To Seattle.
(c) To Chicago.
(d) To New York.
6. When Jody and Flag return home after searching for help in Flag's fate, where do the pair spend the night?
(a) In Jody's bed.
(b) Deep in the woods.
(c) Out on the porch.
(d) In the horse stall.
7. Why are the Baxter men called to hunt with the Forresters after they initially declined?
(a) Because the wolves are growing in numbers.
(b) Because the wolves retaliated and killed one of the Forrester men.
(c) Because the Forresters weren't able to build traps that could contain the wolves.
(d) Because the poisoning didn't kill all of the wolves.
8. When Jody is forced to pen Flag, what does he use to construct the cage?
(a) Old siding from the cabin.
(b) Old tree limbs.
(c) Old fences.
(d) Old railroad tracks.
9. What type of animal do the Baxter men witness dying when they return for their cured swamp grass?
(a) A bear.
(b) A moose.
(c) A buck.
(d) A wildcat.
10. In early October, what smell has begun to permeate the Baxter farm?
(a) Blooming lilac trees.
(b) Rotting carcasses.
(c) Smoking meat.
(d) Rising salt water.
11. When Ma attempts to shoot Flag, where does she hit him?
(a) She misses him completely.
(b) In the leg.
(c) In the head.
(d) In the stomach.
12. What does Ma call the Forrester boys after the lie to Oliver Hutto?
(a) Gorillas.
(b) Chimpanzees.
(c) Monkeys.
(d) Baboons.
13. What crop does Penny spend much time planning to plant in early March?
(a) Corn.
(b) Onions.
(c) Beets.
(d) Sweet potatoes.
14. What happens after Flag goes wandering through the house at night and nuzzles Ma while she is sleeping?
(a) Ma demands that Penny shoot Flag.
(b) Ma's feelings toward Flag change and she welcomes him into the family.
(c) Ma demands that Jody set Flag free in the woods.
(d) Ma bans Flag from the house.
15. When does Penny assume that Flag will grow his horns?
(a) In the coming fall.
(b) In the coming winter.
(c) In the coming spring.
(d) In the coming summer.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of the area where the Baxter men find the bears hunting salt water mullet?
2. What scarce food source does Flag begin to steal and eat from the family?
3. What does Jody make from the bright red Cherokee beans that he finds in the woods?
4. Which character leaves a note posted to his door stating that he has migrated to the ocean and plans to stay drunk for the duration of the storm?
5. What animal comes sniffing around the camp where the men sleep, enticed by the smell of cooking meat?
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