How Much of These Hills Is Gold - Chapters 5–9 Quiz

What does Sam admire about themselves while living in the wilderness?

Question Answer Choices Their newfound unkemptness. Their knowledge of the forest. Their ability to hunt for food. Their strength and resilience.

What does the mountain man ask the sisters if they are during supper?

Question Answer Choices Orphans. Runaways. Natives. Mutts.

What does the mountain man offer to teach Sam?

Question Answer Choices How to build a shelter. How to hunt for partridges. How to navigate using the stars. How to cook pemmican.

Why does Lucy lie about her age to the mountain man?

Question Answer Choices To make him think she is older and wiser. To gain his sympathy. To avoid being taken back to town. To keep him disinterested.

What does Sam refuse to acknowledge while living in the wild?

Question Answer Choices Hunger or cold. The need for shelter. The presence of wild animals. The danger of getting lost.

What does Lucy offer the mountain man in return for sharing his partridges?

Question Answer Choices A piece of silver. A blanket for warmth. Some salt to season the meat. A knife for hunting.

What does Sam say their father requested regarding the silver coins?

Question Answer Choices He wanted the coins to be used to buy food for the journey. He asked to be buried with them to ensure safe passage to the afterlife. He asked not to be buried with them as the living need money more than the dead. He requested that the coins be given to Lucy for safekeeping.

What does the mountain man give Sam and Lucy before he leaves?

Question Answer Choices A compass and a knife. A map to Sweetwater and food supplies. A horse and a rifle. A blanket and a tent.

What does Lucy plan to do after burying their father?

Question Answer Choices Find the nearest town and make a life there. Stay in the wilderness and live freely. Return to their old home and rebuild it. Travel to a distant city to seek fortune.

What does Lucy fear when she smells meat and sees smoke in the distance?

Question Answer Choices That their father has returned as a ghost. That a wild animal is cooking its prey. That there may be hunters nearby. That a wildfire has started.