Weasel ~ Chapters 17-19

1. Pa and Molly were excited about going to ____________.
a) Colin Whitfield's birthday party
b) the picnic
c) the barn raising
d) the fiddle contest

2. Nathan dressed in _____________ for the special event.
a) a new shirt Molly had made
b) his old clothes
c) his best Sunday clothes
d) one of Pa's suits

3. What does Nathan mean when he says Job is full of beans?
a) Job had eaten nothing except beans that winter.
b) Job was sluggish and did not want to pull the wagon.
c) Job was playful and excited to be out of the barn.

4. How did Molly, Pa, and Nathan feel as they traveled to town?
a) eager and excited
b) unsettled and ill at ease
c) gloomy and depressed
d) anxious and worried

5. Eli played the fiddle so well people said he _____________________.
a) practice forty hours a week
b) must have made a pact with the devil
c) have been born with a fiddle glued to his neck

6. Two years earlier a man came to town who had lost his memory. People began calling him ____________.
a) What's His Name
b) Hector Whynot
c) John Doe

7. Eli got ______________ for winning the fiddle contest.
a) a blue ribbon
b) a small trophy
c) a five-dollar gold piece
d) a medallion

8. After the day in town Nathan was surprised that ______________.
a) he still had energy to take care of Job
b) he hadn't thought about Weasel all day long
c) he could play the fiddle
d) he wanted to dance

9. Pa told Nathan that if they had a good crop, he would see about buying him _______________.
a) a gun
b) his own horse
c) a new pair of boots
d) a fiddle

10. Ezra left Molly a letter saying ________________.
a) he needed her help
b) he was going to Kansas
c) he missed seeing her
d) he couldn't go to town to the fiddle contest

11. Ezra left Nathan his tall black hat, and he made ______________________ for Molly.
a) a locket
b) a carved blue jay
c) a beaded pair of moccasins

12. Which statement from Weasel in an opinion?
a) Without the sad parts, the rest wouldn't sound so sweet.
b) The face of a young girl was carved on the front half.
c) Ezra was going to Kansas.
d) There's plowing and planting, and kinfolk in Kansas, and whistling and fiddling, too.

13. The closing line of Weasel, "They'll be part of every song I play," implies ______________.
a) Nathan will become a famous musician
b) Nathan will write songs only about Ezra
c) Nathan will never forget Ezra
d) Nathan will hurt less in time

14. The conflict in this story is mostly the result of which event?
a) Weasel's treatment of people
b) The Indian Removal Act
c) cheap, rich farmland in Ohio
d) Ma's death



----------Key----------

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