Shiloh Chapters 9 & 10 pages 72 - 87

1. What tipped Mom off that Marty had Shiloh?
a) Marty put squash away for later.
b) Mom heard Shiloh barking.
c) Mom saw Marty sneaking food.
d) Mom heard Marty praying.

2. What deal does Marty make with Mom?
a) If Marty takes Shiloh back to Judd, they will get a dog from the pound.
b) Mom won't tell Dad about Shiloh, if Marty promises not to run away.
c) Marty can keep Shiloh, if Judd agrees.

3. Marty's plan for saving Shiloh is ________________.
a) to give him to somebody else and not tell them whose dog it is
b) to buy Shiloh from Judd
c) to turn Judd in for cruelty to animals

4. How does Dad learn that Marty has Shiloh?
a) Marty tells Dad.
b) Mom tells Dad.
c) Dad hears Shiloh when a German shepherd attacks him.
d) Judd find Shiloh in the pen up on the hill.

5. Dad takes Shiloh _____________.
a) to Judd's house
b) to Doc Murphy
c) to Sistersville
d) to his sister's house

6. Where was Shiloh hurt?
a) his leg
b) his face
c) his belly
d) his tail

7. How does Dad feel about what Marty has done?
a) Dad thinks they ought to give Shiloh away to an owner who will treat him better.
b) Dad wants Marty to do what is legal and take Shiloh back to Judd.
c) Dad thinks Marty did the right thing.

8. These lines from the country song includes which literary technique?

It's you I wanna come home to,
It's you to bake my bread,
It's you to light my fire,
It's you to share my bed.
a) alliteration
b) repetition
c) onomatopoeia
d) rhyme

9. Choose the correct meaning for the word licked as it is used in the following sentence.

Shiloh's still alive, and I ain't licked yet.
a) passed the tongue over or along
b) having gotten the better of; conquered; beat
c) a sudden hard stroke; a blow
d) a small quantity; a bit

10. Which word would be the best antonym for suspicions?

Well, I had my suspicions before, but it was the squash that did it.
a) knowledge
b) uncertainties
c) doubts
d) fears

11. Which statement from Shiloh contains a cause-effect relationship?
a) I hear a yelp, then a snarl and a growl, so I leap out of bed, racing through the kitchen toward the back door.
b) Dad's beside me, holding the flashlight up to Shiloh's eyes.
c) Dara Lynn's up, standing there in her nightshirt, watching.
d) There isn't a word passed between us till we get home.



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