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The White Circle by John Clayton Bell

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did the tree symbolize?

a)

corruption

b)

unlucky

c)

temptation

d)

superiority

2.

What game did Tucker want to play in the barn?

a)

finding pigeons' nests

b)

prisoner's base

c)

Walker Mountain

d)

jumping into the straw

3.

What did Tucker's father offer him for his birthday gift?

a)

apple tree

b)

a colt

c)

hayfork

d)

apples

4.

What county did Tucker live in?

a)

Walker

b)

Augusta

c)

Albemarle

d)

Virginia

5.

What did Anvil steal?

a)

pigeons

b)

colts

c)

apples

d)

books

6.

What did the white circle symbolize?

a)

impurity

b)

superiority

c)

unlucky

d)

temptation

7.

What is a sow?

a)

baby pigeon

b)

young colt

c)

old straw

d)

female pig

8.

What did Tucker's blubberin' represent to Anvil?

a)

fear

b)

vexation

c)

weakness

d)

stinkiness

9.

What job did Anvil's dad have?

a)

farmer

b)

peddler

c)

prisoner

d)

teacher

10.

What does 'truculent' mean?

a)

female pig

b)

annoyed

c)

moving from place to place

d)

aggressively hostile

11.

What did Anvil do to Tucker when they first entered the barn?

a)

shoved him into the straw rick

b)

pinned him to the ground

c)

counted for the game

d)

showed him the hayfork

12.

What event happened to cause the white circle?

a)

a workhorse was killed

b)

the apple tree was hit by lightning

c)

one of the workers was stabbed

d)

the nest of pigeons fell

13.

How did Anvil react to being almost killed?

a)

grabbed the hayfork

b)

fell out the barn door

c)

threw the apples

d)

peed his pants

14.

How many apples were left at the end of the story?

a)

13

b)

10

c)

3

d)

9

15.

What is an underlying theme to this story?

a)

irony

b)

fear

c)

hostility

d)

friendship