Q 01/05

In the novel Shiloh, what breed is the timid hunting dog that follows Marty Preston home?

A) Bloodhound

B) Beagle

C) Coonhound

D) Foxhound

Answer · why

B) Beagle

Beagle is the breed, one of several hunting dogs Judd Travers keeps. Beagles are scent hounds, used mainly for tracking rabbits.

Q 02/05

Which award, the top prize in American children's books, did the novel Shiloh win in 1992?

A) Newbery Medal

B) Caldecott Medal

C) National Book Award

D) Pulitzer Prize

Answer · why

A) Newbery Medal

The Newbery Medal went to Shiloh as a dark horse. One committee member called it a sleeper that surfaced as a serious contender only deep in the debat...

Q 03/05

In Shiloh, what kind of animal leaps into the dog's hiding place one night and badly hurts him?

A) A black bear

B) A timber rattlesnake

C) A German shepherd

D) A mountain lion

Answer · why

C) A German shepherd

A German shepherd gets in and mauls him. Marty is left feeling that his rescue has hurt the dog worse than its owner ever did.

Q 04/05

In Shiloh, which crime does Marty see Judd Travers commit, giving the boy leverage to win the dog?

A) Stealing a truck

B) Burning a barn

C) Robbing a church

D) Poaching a deer

Answer · why

D) Poaching a deer

Poaching a deer out of season meant a stiff fine Judd could not afford. Marty trades his silence and twenty hours of work for the dog, then worries he...

Q 05/05

Shiloh is set in which American mountain region, whose folk music gave rise to bluegrass?

A) Appalachia

B) The Ozarks

C) The Adirondacks

D) The Black Hills

Answer · why

A) Appalachia

Appalachia shapes how the book sounds: Marty and his family speak the region's West Virginia dialect, often dropping the subject of a sentence.