Weasel ~ Chapters 1-2

1. Molly and Nathan were startled late one night by _________________.
a) thunder
b) the dogs barking
c) a knock on the door
d) Pa coming home

2. Describe the stranger.
a) dressed in city clothes, pot belly, droopy mustache
b) sly looking, dressed in buckskins with long fringe
c) dressed in animal skins, long tangled hair, dark beard and eyes

3. When the stranger wanted Nathan and Molly to follow him, he _______________.
a) showed them their mother's locket
b) told them their Pa was in trouble
c) wrote them a note

4. What happened to Mama?
a) Mama fell into the river and drown.
b) Mama cut her leg chopping wood and couldn't get out of bed.
c) Mama went back East to help her sister.
d) Mama died of the fever.

5. What happened to Pa?
a) Papa went to the barn raising and fell off the roof.
b) Pa went hunting six days earlier and hadn't returned.
c) Pa cut his hand on the rusty nail, and was sick with a fever.

6. What was unusual about the stranger?
a) The stranger whistled when he spoke.
b) The stranger wouldn't speak, just used hand motions.
c) The stranger rode up to the cabin on a mule instead of a horse.
d) The stranger had a deep cut on his arm.

7. Molly took _______________ with her as she packed for her journey.
a) Nathan's hunting knife
b) her doll
c) her journal
d) Mama's medicine bag

8. _____________ went with Molly and Nathan.
a) Duffy and Winston, the two dogs,
b) Mama
c) Heather, their cousin,
d) Meg, the cat,

9. Read this passage from Weasel.

Again, no answer, just the beckoning hand. Molly looked at me and shrugged. "Why won't he talk to us?" she whispered.

This passage implies the stranger _____________.
a) is unable to talk
b) is in a hurry
c) wants to talk later
d) is rude

10. Which sequence best describes the order of events in Chapters 1-2?

a) Molly and Nathan pack food and warm clothes.
b) Papa goes hunting.
c) A knock comes late one night.
d) Nathan and Molly take care of the animals.
a) a, b, c, d
b) b, a, c, d
c) b, c, a, d
d) b, d, c, a

11. The conflict in this story is mostly the result of which event:
a) Duffy and Winston are startled by the knock on the door late one night.
b) The stranger has Mama's locket.
c) Mama died of fever.
d) Pa has not returned from a hunting trip.

12. Cynthia DeFelice has decided to write Weasel from which point of view?
a) first
b) second
c) third



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