Weasel ~ Chapters 15-16

1. How would Ezra get the letter Molly had written to him?
a) Molly would place the letter in the secret hiding place next to the wall.
b) Molly would take the letter to the post office next time Pa went to town for supplies.
c) Molly would send the letter to Ezra by a neighbor that was heading in Ezra's direction.

2. Most of Nathan's thoughts were about _____________.
a) helping Pa
b) hunting squirrels
c) spring coming
d) how to kill Weasel

3. When Nathan asked Pa about killing Weasel, Pa said _________________.
a) Nathan would find of a way to get his revenge in the spring when the weather was better for moving around in the woods
b) he bets Weasels squirms every time he thinks about getting shot and outwitted by an eleven year old boy
c) Nathan was such a smart boy that he was sure he would think of a way to make Weasel pay for what he had done

4. Why didn't the law take care of Weasel?
a) The small settlements in Ohio did not have any law enforcement officers.
b) The sheriff was too busy with the Shawnee to worry about Weasel.
c) The town could not keep a sheriff because each one had been run out of town by Weasel.

5. In late February Nathan decided to __________________.
a) go to Weasel's cabin
b) go find Ezra and convince him to help him kill Weasel
c) go live with the Shawnee

6. When Nathan reached the outside of Weasel's cabin, he found _________.
a) no footprints in the snow and no smoke coming from the chimney
b) signs that many people were inside the cabin
c) a bear coming out of the cabin doorway of Ezra's cabin

7. When Nathan went inside the cabin, he found _____________.
a) a Shawnee family
b) the cabin was empty
c) Weasel had died
d) a chest of treasures Weasel had stolen

8. After leaving Weasel's cabin, Nathan _____________.
a) was so numb he couldn't move
b) ran to town
c) ran home to tell Pa and Molly
d) ran to Ezra's wegiwa

9. Ezra wanted to ________________.
a) burn Weasel's cabin
b) bury Weasel
c) go to town and report Weasel's death to the authorities

10. Which word best describes Nathan's feelings at the end of Chapter 16?
a) excited and anxious
b) hurtful with terrible dreams
c) carefree and happy
d) confused and sad

11. The author's purpose for including Molly's letter in Chapter 15 is most likely:
a) to inform Ezra that Molly knew about the secret place beside the stone wall for passing letters
b) to entertain Ezra with a funny story about how Molly made biscuits
c) to persuade Ezra to be happy by moving to Kansas
d) to describe to Ezra how Molly helped Pa with his hurt leg

12. A good title for this section of Weasel could be _______________.
a) Weasel's Cabin
b) The Scary Journey
c) Molly's Letter
d) Justice Wins with Weasel's Death

13. What would take place in the missing space?

1. Nathan thinks of nothing except how he will kill Weasel.
2. Late in February Nathan leaves the cabin to find Weasel.
3. Nathan sees a grouse leaving Weasel's cabin.
4. Nathan finds Weasel's dead body.
5.
6. Nathan buries Weasel.

a) 5. Nathan runs to Ezra's wegiwa.
b) 5. Nathan finds a shovel in the back of the cabin.
c) 5. Nathan goes home to get Pa to help him.
d) 5. Nathan clears the animals out of Weasel's cabin.

14. Weasel can be be described as __________
a) fiction
b) nonfiction
c) poetry
d) drama



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