The Perilous Road Chapter 7 Pages 73-81
Multiple-choice exercise
Choose the correct answer for each question.
As the mules were stampeding one mule ------.
- bit Chris's leg
- hit Chris in the head
- jumped right over Chris
-------- saved Chris's life from the mules.
- Jethro
- Lukie
- a Yankee
- Silas
When Chris asked Silas why he was at the mule pen, Silas answered, ----.
- "I went to let the mules go myself."
- "I was there to see you did it proper."
- "I was trading with the Yankees."
- "I was setting a trap for the Yankees."
When Chris's mammy caught him sneaking into the house -----.
- she told him his pappy would whip him in the morning
- she told him he would have to do extra chores the next day for punishment
- Silas told her that Chris had been with him
Chris thought Silas -----.
- must be a spy
- must be a Yankee
- Must be a Confederate
A good title for Chapter 7 could be: -----.
- Chris's Mammy
- Spying
- The Narrow Escape
- Jethro Saves the Day