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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes the Missouri sheriff to want to double-check the identity of the person being buried?
(a) The weight of the coffin.
(b) The clothes on the body.
(c) The attitude of the mourners.
(d) The name on the headstone.

2. What disease is spreading through the country in 1918?
(a) Bronchitis.
(b) Spanish influenza.
(c) Cholera.
(d) Yellow fever.

3. What is the subject of Stucky Cybulskis' writing?
(a) Shady's liquor.
(b) The Rattler.
(c) Miss Sadie.
(d) The woods.

4. What is the prize for the newspaper contest?
(a) Ten dollars.
(b) Twenty dollars.
(c) Five dollars.
(d) Fifteen dollars.

5. Who talks to Abilene about the embarrassment of foreign names?
(a) The sheriff.
(b) The barber.
(c) The butcher.
(d) The post office clerk.

6. Who bids against Burton in the auction?
(a) Mrs. Larkin.
(b) Devlin.
(c) Jinx.
(d) Shady.

7. Who brings cake to Shady's Sunday service?
(a) Miss Sadie.
(b) Abilene.
(c) Mrs. Evans.
(d) Hatie Mae.

8. What does everyone in Manifest pretend?
(a) They pretend there is a fire.
(b) They pretend to be sick.
(c) They pretend there is an accident out of town.
(d) They pretend an important person is coming to the nearby city.

9. What do Abilene, Lettie, and Ruthanne plan to use to identify the person who wrote the note they believe is from the Rattler?
(a) The handwriting.
(b) The ink.
(c) The paper.
(d) Fingerprints.

10. Where on Miss Sadie's property does Abilene try to go to find a pot?
(a) A closet.
(b) A shed.
(c) A cistern.
(d) A cellar.

11. Where are the graves of those who died in the tragedy that struck the town after Ned's death?
(a) Near the now-abandoned mine.
(b) In a meadow with an ancient oak tree.
(c) On the lot behind Miss Sadie's.
(d) In a yard next to the burned-out church.

12. How does Miss Sadie react, when Abilene tries to find a pot in a locked area?
(a) Mockingly.
(b) Sadly.
(c) Helpfully.
(d) Angrily.

13. Whose entry in the newspaper contest is the one Abilene and her friends are looking for?
(a) Mrs. Larkin's.
(b) Sherif Dean's.
(c) Miss Sadie's.
(d) Mr. Underhill's.

14. What mood is Abilene in after talking with Hattie Mae?
(a) A bad mood.
(b) A sleepy mood.
(c) A happy mood.
(d) A sad mood.

15. Where does the sheriff say the murderer his brother-in-law is looking for might be?
(a) Living in the mines.
(b) Hiding in someone's home.
(c) Camping in the woods.
(d) Hiding in the schoolyard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sound startles Uncle Finn, causing him to stumble?

2. Does Sheriff Dean lie to the Missouri sheriff?

3. Who brings the news that Ned has died?

4. What does Abilene gather for Miss Sadie while her friends Lettie and Ruthanne are out of town?

5. How long is Miss Sadie out of the country before she can return to try to reunite with her son?

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