Sounder Chapters 2-6

What did the boy bring to his father in jail?

• a cake
• a shiv
• money
• Sounder

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Why does the boy prefer the Bible stories his mother tells to the stories he reads in the newspaper?

• The always ended with the right thing happening.
• They were funnier.
• They were easier to read.
• They always ended with the bad guy getting caught.

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How did the boy find Sounder?

• Sounder came back on his own and scratched at the porch.
• The boy found him on the side of the road.
• Sounder didn't come back.
• Sounder was in the tall grass of the field.

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How did the mother find out about the father's fate?

• The Court News in the paper
• The preacher
• The boy
• She was at the trial.

Why did the boy have to bring things to his father in jail? Why not his mother?

• They don't allow women in jail.
• It was his turn for chore week.
• His mother was afraid.
• He wanted to go really badly.

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According to his mother, where did Sounder go when he was injured?

• To the forest to draw the poison out with oak-leaf acid.
• To town to follow his master all the way to jail.
• To crawl under a rock and pass away peacefully.
• To the vet for stitches.

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

• hunt
• read
• farm
• operate machinery

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

• drop the cake
• make his father sad
• mention Sounder
• get lost

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

• anger his mother
• visit him in jail again
• fight
• steal

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The boy's father is sentenced to what punishment?

• hard labor
• 10 years in prison
• 20 years in prison
• probation

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