Q 01/05

In A Taste of Blackberries, what kills Jamie after he pokes at a hole in the ground while his friends work?

A) A snakebite

B) Bee stings

C) A lightning strike

D) A fall from a tree

Answer · why

B) Bee stings

Bee stings kill him, and only a few of them: Jamie was allergic and nobody knew, so a swarm the other children simply ran from proved fatal.

Q 02/05

In A Taste of Blackberries, what is unusual about the best friend who tells the whole story?

A) He goes by a nickname

B) He shares Jamie's name

C) He is never named

D) He uses his surname

Answer · why

C) He is never named

He is never named, which lets any reader step into his shoes. All the book reveals is that he is the cautious one of the pair, an appreciative audienc...

Q 03/05

In A Taste of Blackberries, what does Jamie hop a fence to steal from a farm beside the creek?

A) Peaches

B) Pears

C) Plums

D) Apples

Answer · why

D) Apples

Apples, two of them, are the prize: Jamie goes over the fence alone while the narrator waits in terror, already planning what to do if the raid goes w...

Q 04/05

In A Taste of Blackberries, what is the farmer whose fruit tree Jamie raids rumored to carry?

A) A shotgun

B) A pitchfork

C) A bullwhip

D) A hunting knife

Answer · why

A) A shotgun

A shotgun is the rumor, and it frightens the narrator far more than it does Jamie, who comes back unharmed with his loot and one more reason to feel i...

Q 05/05

In A Taste of Blackberries, how does Jamie get the group home when a storm catches them out walking?

A) By phoning his father

B) By flagging a bus

C) By hitchhiking

D) By borrowing bicycles

Answer · why

C) By hitchhiking

By hitchhiking: he sticks out his thumb although both sets of parents have forbidden it, and even the driver who stops warns them against it.