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Sounder

William Armstrong

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Why does the boy's father get arrested?

(A) He hunted illegally.

(B) He did nothing wrong.

(D) He got into a fight.

Who shoots Sounder?

(A) The boy's father

(B) The Sheriff's deputy

(D) The boy's little brother

What does the boy put under his pillow as a good luck charm?

(A) A rabbit's foot

(B) A leaf

(D) Sounder's ear

According to the boy's mother, how do oak leaves help cure wounds?

(A) Their resin binds to the skin.

(B) When eaten, they increase the body's ability to fight disease.

(D) They don't—it's just an old wife's tale.

Where is Sounder's favorite hiding place?

(A) Under the porch

(B) In the barn

(D) Under the boy's bed

How does the boy's mother support the family after his father is arrested?

(A) She cooks.

(B) She cleans.

(D) She picks walnut kernels.

More than anything, the boy wants to learn to do what?

(A) Hunt

(B) Read

(D) Operate machinery

What does the boy bring to his father when he visits his father in jail?

(A) A note from his mother

(B) Sounder's ear

(D) A cake

Before the boy goes to visit his father in jail, his mother warns him not to do what?

(A) Drop the cake

(B) Make his father sad

(D) Get lost

The boy's father tells the boy never to do what again?

(A) Anger his mother

(B) Fight

(D) Steal

The boy's father is sentenced to what punishment?

(A) Hard labor

(B) ten years in prison

(D) Probation

How soon after the boy sees his father in jail does Sounder return?

(A) One week later

(B) Two weeks later

(D) The next morning

How does the boy get injured when he is out looking for his father?

(A) He trips along the road.

(B) A guard hits his fingers with a piece of metal.

(D) A dog bites him.

How does the boy come to own his first book?

(A) The teacher gives it to him.

(B) He checks it out of the library.

(D) He steals it.

Where does he stop to wash the blood off of his fingers?

(A) Someone's farm

(B) A local store

(D) A schoolhouse

Why does his mother allow him to live with the teacher?

(A) She believes it is a sign from God.

(B) The teacher persuades her.

(D) The boy begs.

What does the boy do in the summers?

(A) He lives at home and helps them shell walnuts.

(B) He works in the fields.

(D) He continues to look for his father.

How does the boy's father get injured?

(A) He gets into a fight in jail.

(B) The deputy shot him.

(D) He fell of a cliff while working.

Why does the boy's father get to come home before his sentence is over?

(A) He gets his sentenced reduced for good behavior.

(B) He sneaks away from jail.

(D) The jail guard likes him.

Why does Sounder die?

(A) He is hurt in an accident.

(B) He swallows poison.

(D) He misses the boy.

What happens to the boy's siblings?

(A) The book does not say.

(B) They go to school.

(D) They work in the fields.

How does the boy feel about his father's death?

(A) He is devastated.

(B) He is at peace.

(D) He is in denial.

Why does the jailer break open the cake the boy brings for his father?

(A) Something might be hidden inside it.

(B) He wants to eat a piece.

(D) Cakes are not allowed in jail.

How many legs could Sounder use when he returned?

(A) four

(B) three

(D) one

What was his father doing when he died?

(A) Reading

(B) Sleeping

(D) Eating

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