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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Abbie suffering from during the journey from Iowa?
(a) Morning sickness.
(b) Chicken pox.
(c) Poison ivy.
(d) Dizzy spells.

2. What do Will and Abbie plant together in Chapter 11?
(a) Trees.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Berry bushes.
(d) An herb garden.

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

4. Where is Will's father sent in Chapter 4?
(a) To the General Assembly.
(b) To the Olympic games.
(c) To a conference in New York.
(d) To an agriculture show.

5. What affected the Deals' first crops in Chapter 12?
(a) Drought.
(b) Lack of sun.
(c) An infestation of mice.
(d) A blight.

6. What occupation does Abbie take on in Chapter 5?
(a) Shop keeping.
(b) Transcription work.
(c) Teaching.
(d) Dress making.

7. Where do many of the Deals' neighbors start to go in Chapter 13?
(a) Back to where they came from.
(b) To Kansas.
(c) To try their luck in the gold rush.
(d) Church.

8. What county does the eldest Mackenzie daughter live in?
(a) Cedar County.
(b) Van Buren County.
(c) Mahaska County.
(d) Blackhawk County.

9. Why does Abbie keep her feelings about Christine hidden?
(a) Because Abbie doesn't like people to know what she thinks.
(b) Because there are few women around to be friends with.
(c) Because Christine would be embarassed.
(d) Because Abbie doesn't want Christine as a friend.

10. What does Abbie do when she goes into the forest?
(a) Reads.
(b) Sings.
(c) Daydreams.
(d) Gardens.

11. What ruins Abbie's happiness in her new home in Chapter 10?
(a) An infestation of insects.
(b) The neighbors moving in.
(c) Will's drinking problem.
(d) The onset of winter.

12. Who helps Abbie when it is time to deliver her baby?
(a) Christine.
(b) Oscar.
(c) Abbie's mother.
(d) Sarah.

13. Who does Abbie marry in Chapter 7?
(a) John.
(b) Will.
(c) Ed.
(d) Paul.

14. In Chapter 1, where does Abbie lie while listening to her sister tell stories?
(a) In a hammock.
(b) In a field.
(c) In a train.
(d) In a covered wagon.

15. What falls from one of the wagons in Chapter 2?
(a) Bags of flour.
(b) A bundle of blankets.
(c) Abbie's sister.
(d) A pair of chairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT listed as something the government began providing to struggling families?

2. What kind of house does Will decide to build?

3. Where does Abbie's mother keep the mementos from the Mackenzies' time of affluence?

4. Where does Will decide to move his family?

5. What does Ed Matthews promise Abbie when he hears her singing?

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