Shiloh Chapters 7 & 8 pages 56 - 71

1. David lived in a ________________ house.
a) small
b) dirty
c) big
d) lake

2. David had a pet ____________________.
a) hamster
b) Siamese cat
c) hermit crab
d) puppy

3. How does Marty get food for Shiloh?
a) Marty picks vegetables from the Johnson's garden.
b) Marty asks Mr. Wallace if he has any old cheese or meat he can buy real cheap.
c) Marty goes through the trash can at the diner.
d) Marty takes apples and peaches from the fruit trees in his yard to Shiloh.

4. How does Marty keep the food from spoiling?
a) Marty puts the food in a can and places it in the stream.
b) Marty puts the food in the back of the refrigerator.
c) Marty puts the food in the smoke house.

5. Marty realized that Mr. Wallace told people about him wanting to buy food cheap when _________
a) people start asking questions
b) Mrs. Ellison brought a pie to their house
c) Marty's dad started getting extra food on his mail run
d) Dara Lynn's teacher brought over a box of cookies

6. Marty___________ when everyone went to town.
a) shows Shiloh his house
b) watches television
c) goes running in the field with Shiloh
d) invites David over for a visit

7. What scares Marty at the end of Chapter 8?
a) A mean dog comes up to Marty and begins growling.
b) Marty sees a snake that he thinks is a copperhead.
c) Mom comes up the hill.
d) Marty sees signs of a mountain lion.

8. Which statement from Chapter 7 is an opinion?
a) David Howard's house is about twice as big as ours for about half as many people.
b) David says the house used to belong to his great-granddaddy.
c) We sit on David's back steps and eat Popsicles his ma makes out of pineapple juice.
d) Hermie's sort of fun, though.

9. Which excerpt from Shiloh implies that Marty is afraid his family is going to learn that he is hiding Shiloh?
a) She wanted to know if she could bring David up here tomorrow when the rest of them go to Parkersburg.
b) Dad's working on the pickup after dinner-changing the oil-Becky and Dara Lynn's turning somersaults in the grass, and Ma's cleaning the kitchen.
c) Having Shiloh a secret is like a bomb waiting to go off.
d) And then I hear someone say, "Marty." I look up, and there's Ma.

10. Which is an example of repetition?
a) Next two days go by smooth as buttermilk.
b) Whomp, whomp, whomp. That's my heart.
c) Even when we're out in the far meadow, racing the wind, he'll start to bark and I'll say, "Shhhh, Shiloh!" and he stops right off.
d) First time I have the whole place to myself, and I let Shiloh run pure free.



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1. (c)
2. (c)
3. (b)
4. (a)
5. (c)
6. (a)
7. (c)
8. (d)
9. (c)
10. (b)