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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Hattie's uncle Holt's actual relationship to Hattie?
(a) A first cousin.
(b) A close friend of Hattie's father.
(c) A close friend of Hattie's grandmother.
(d) A distant cousin.

2. What does Perilee leave with Hattie before they go on to their own place?
(a) Advice and some dried vegetables.
(b) Advice and dried meat.
(c) Advice, stew and strudel.
(d) A dog.

3. Who is Plug?
(a) The horse on Hattie's uncle's ranch in Montana.
(b) A dog who lives next door to Hattie.
(c) A young boy who Hattie babysits occasionally.
(d) The tom cat that always fights with Mr. Whiskers.

4. At what does Hattie marvel?
(a) Karl and Perilee's generosity.
(b) The orneriness of Violet.
(c) The huge Montana sky.
(d) The patience of Plug.

5. About what does Leafie warn Hattie?
(a) That there is an ongoing investigation about her age as a homesteader.
(b) That there is a group who is going to burn Mueller's home.
(c) That Traft is in trouble.
(d) That there is a group who want to have the Mueller's homesteading claim denied.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Perilee accept from Hattie?

2. How is Mr. Whiskers fed?

3. What amuses Rooster Jim as he rides by as Hattie is plowing?

4. Who rides up with a cow?

5. Who is Violet?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Leafie say about Traft Martin when Hattie sees Leafie at the dance?

2. Describe the interaction between Traft and Hattie on April 2.

3. What is the first homesteading lesson Hattie learns the next morning as she goes to draw water for her coffee?

4. Who arrives to pick Mattie up in Wolf Point, and why do they spend the night there?

5. Who has been Hattie's main supporters when she comes to live with Uncle Holt and Aunt Ivy?

6. What does the letter from Hattie's uncle Chester say?

7. What surprises Hattie while she is in her cabin in the middle of a violent storm?

8. Describe Hattie's initial plowing efforts.

9. Where does Hattie go on Sunday where she has not yet been, and how is she initially greeted?

10. How does Violet lose part of her tail?

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