The Perilous Road Chapter 9 Pages 98 - 103
Multiple-choice exercise
Choose the correct answer for each question.
Chris wanted to ----- the person who set the shed on fire.
- shoot
- hang
- take to jail
- fight
Mr. Barbson wanted to ------------ while someone burned down the shed.
- get help from the neighbors
- go get the sheriff
- stay out of the way
- shoot the people responsible
The fire was set because -----.
- Sallie Jean was at the Barbsons
- Chris set the mules loose
- Jethro joined the Northern army
The shed didn't matter to the Barbsons because -----.
- it was empty
- it was half rotten
- they no longer had any use for it
Of the three men that burned down the shed, Chris was surprised to see -----.
- Lukie Trantham's pap
- Hoke Edwin
- Silas Agee
The main idea of Chapter 9 was -------.
- Sallie Jean's visit
- the Yankees make life hard for the Barbsons
- the neighbors show their hatred of the Barbsons
- Thumb runs off