Pax Test

Why did Gray accept Pax so easily? (from Chapters 7, 8, and 9)

• Gray recognizes Pax is no threat to them.
• Gray lived with humans for a while like Pax.
• Gray knows Pax can help him find a safe place to take his family.
• Gray sees how much Bristle likes Pax. 

Why does Peter think that Pax might be able to survive on his own? (from Chapters 19, 20, and 21)

• Peter had left food for Pax when he and his father dropped him off.
• Pax is very smart.
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  Pax had lived on his own for several years before Peter adopted him.
  
• Pax hunted mice in their backyard.

Why does Pax think that Peter threw the toy soldier into the woods? (from Chapters 1, 2, and 3)

• Peter is going to abandon Pax.
• Peter wants to play.
  
• Peter is looking for a mate for Pax.
  
• The toy soldier reminds him of his father.
  

How does Runt lose his back leg? (from Chapters 19, 20, and 21)

• Runt gets caught in a trap.
  
• Runt gets shot in the leg.
  
• Runt trips a land mine.
• Runt's leg has an infection.
  

Why does Peter keep a charm bracelet with him? (from Chapters 13, 14, and 15)

• It is his sister's charm bracelet
  
• It is his grandmother's charm bracelet..
• It is worth a lot of money.
  
• It is his mother's charm bracelet.
  

Why is Peter sent to live with his grandfather? (from Chapters 1, 2, and 3)

• Peter wants to get to know his grandfather.
  
• Peter's mother has just died.
  
• Peter's father no longer wants him.
  
• Peter's father is going to war.

Why did Bristle's mother go to the human's barn? (from Chapters 10, 11, and 12)

• To steal eggs to feed her family.
  
• To see if there was anything edible in the barn.
  
• To gather corn for her family. 
  
• To kill a chicken to feed her family.
  

Why is Bristle engaging the coyote? (from Chapters 28, 29, and 30)

• Bristle believes the coyote will get tired of her and go away.
  
• Bristle is trying to lure him away from Runt.
  
• Bristle is trying to lure him away from Pax.
  
• Bristle believes she can win a fight against the coyote.
  

Why did Vola wear a wooden leg instead of her modern prosthesis? (from Chapters 10, 11, and 12)

• The modern prosthesis does not fit.
  
• Vola is punishing herself.
  
• The prosthesis keeps the crows away.
  
• Vola cannot afford a prosthesis.
  

Why does Peter allow Pax to go back into the forest? (from Chapters 31, 32, 33, and 34)

• Peter knows his father will watch over Pax.
  
• Peter knows that Pax belongs in the forest.
  
• Peter knows that he cannot keep Pax as a pet.
  
• Peter knows that he will see Pax again.