View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Abbie and Will make in Chapter 14?
(a) Street signs.
(b) Toys.
(c) Clothes for their children.
(d) A picnic table.

2. What happens to the Deals' sixth crop?
(a) It dies during a drought.
(b) It is eaten by grasshoppers.
(c) It is ruined by a blight.
(d) It is swept away by floods.

3. What does Abbie try to focus her attention on in the spring in Chapter 15?
(a) Keeping a garden.
(b) Sewing a quilt.
(c) Schooling her children.
(d) Singing lessons.

4. What are the rumors that go through the community in Chapter 3 about?
(a) War.
(b) Infidelity.
(c) Indians.
(d) Illness.

5. Who is the eldest Mackenzie daughter married to?
(a) A rancher.
(b) A farmer.
(c) A sheriff.
(d) A shop keeper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Abbie think of Christine?

2. How does Will get rid of the insects in his field?

3. How does Abbie feel on the journey from Iowa in Chapter 9?

4. What name do Sarah and Abbie come up with for their town?

5. What falls from one of the wagons in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 209 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample