Autumn Holiday quiz

By Cecilia Brabin | November 12, 2009

Test your understanding of the story in the quiz based on it.

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1. [Multiple choice]

The author was walking in………………………

Answers for Quiz [1].

  • 1. Autumn
  • 2. October (correct)
  • 3. a hurry

2. [Multiple choice]

The bird most likely to nest in the apple tree is………………………

Answers for Quiz [2].

  • 1. the robin (correct)
  • 2. the chickadee
  • 3. the owl

3. [Multiple choice]

That afternoon the author found…………………….

Answers for Quiz [3].

  • 1. fallen apples
  • 2. an old dog
  • 3. a small gravestone (correct)

4. [Multiple choice]

The nearest house to the grave is……………………

Answers for Quiz [4].

  • 1. a mile away
  • 2. two miles away (correct)
  • 3. two minutes’ walk away

5. [Multiple choice]

The sisters the author visited were…………………….

Answers for Quiz [5].

  • 1. gardening
  • 2. sewing
  • 3. spinning yarn (correct)

6. [Multiple choice]

Captain Gunn suffered from a bout of…………………….

Answers for Quiz [6].

  • 1. sun stroke (correct)
  • 2. amnesia
  • 3. ‘flu

7. [Multiple choice]

The illness had left Gunn believing………………………….

Answers for Quiz [7].

  • 1. he had a sister
  • 2. he was his sister (correct)
  • 3. he was a sailor
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