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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the Mackenzies hold a party in Chapter 4?
(a) To celebrate a wedding.
(b) To celebrate a birthday.
(c) To celebrate a birth.
(d) To celebrate a reunion.

2. What kind of house does Will decide to build?
(a) A brick house.
(b) A log cabin.
(c) A wood house.
(d) A sod house.

3. What is Abbie's grandmother's name?
(a) Isabelle.
(b) Mary.
(c) Rose.
(d) Evelyn.

4. What does Will dream about in Chapter 12?
(a) His sons taking over the farm.
(b) Serving as a government official.
(c) The community that will build up around them.
(d) Taking his wife to New York.

5. What does Abbie name her first born child?
(a) William Jr.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Isabelle.
(d) Mackenzie.

6. What gift does Abbie's mother give her before her wedding ceremony?
(a) A pearl necklace.
(b) Ruby earrings.
(c) A quilt.
(d) A pair of wedding bands.

7. How much money is Will given to fight?
(a) Fifty dollars.
(b) Three hundred dollars.
(c) One hundred dollars.
(d) Five hundred dollars.

8. Who gave Maggie the gift, which she passed along to Abbie in Chapter 7?
(a) Maggie's father.
(b) Maggie's grandmother.
(c) Maggie's sister.
(d) Maggie's husband.

9. What does a letter received by the Deals in Chapter 15 tell them?
(a) That Ed Matthews would like to visit Abbie.
(b) That their land is being repossessed.
(c) That Grandpa Deal died.
(d) That Abbie's mother died.

10. What does Abbie become aware of near the camp in Chapter 10?
(a) Indians.
(b) A hiding spot for outlaws.
(c) A geyser.
(d) Bears.

11. What does Grandpa Deal tell Abbie in Chapter 6?
(a) That he has an old piano that she can have.
(b) That Will has been injured in the war.
(c) That Will has been asking about her.
(d) That Abbie has musical talent.

12. What happens on the day that Will leaves for the war?
(a) Will gives Abbie a kiss.
(b) Abbie enters a singing contest.
(c) Will's father dies.
(d) Abbie gets engaged.

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

14. Where does the Mackenzie family come from?
(a) England.
(b) Wales.
(c) Scotland.
(d) Ireland.

15. How old is Will when is father has to leave the farm in Chapter 4?
(a) Sixteen years old.
(b) Nineteen years old.
(c) Twenty-one years old.
(d) Eighteen years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the eldest Mackenzie daughter married to?

2. Where do many of the Deals' neighbors start to go in Chapter 13?

3. Why does Abbie keep her feelings about Christine hidden?

4. Who has passed away in Chapter 1?

5. What does Abbie send Ed in Chapter 6?

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