Sounder Ch. 1-2 Quiz

1. How did Sounder become the family's dog? The family owned Sounder's mother. Sounder was once the farm owner's dog. Sounder walked up to the father one day on the road. They adopted him after his mother abandoned him as a puppy. 2. In chapter one, the father tells the boy they will go hunting at night if... he eats all his dinner its not too cold at night he cleans his room its not too windy that night 3. How many family members live in the house together? 6 5 4 3 4. What is unusual about the breakfast on the second morning? They are out of milk. They are eating ham. Sounder is missing. The father is still gone from the night before. 5. What happens to the boy's father? He is injured in a hunting accident. He has to go to work on the farm next door. He is arrested. He gets lost one night while hunting. 6. What does the boy place under his pillow? Sounder's ear Sounder's collar a Bible a tooth 7. What evidence did the sheriff have to prove that the boy's father had stolen the ham? Someone saw him leaving the smokehouse. The sheriff followed his footprints left in the dirt. The father had stolen a ham bone a few years ago. They found threads of torn cloth on the hook of the smokehouse. 8. What happens to Sounder? He is run over by the sheriff's wagon. He runs away in fear of the sheriff and his deputies. He is shot with a shotgun of the sheriff. He bites one of the deputies and is kicked in the road. 9. What does the mother tell the boy when Sounder disappears? "Come in, child. He is only dying." "He is just playing dead." "He will be back soon. Give him some time." "He was trying to follow your father." 10. Why does the boy quit going to school? He has to start working to help the family earn money. It is too far and too cold to walk the 8 miles there and back. They did not have a school for kids his age and color. He quit because he did not like any of the kids in his class.