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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 name do Sarah and Abbie come up with for their town?
(a) Platteville.
(b) Cedartown.
(c) Black Hawk Falls.
(d) Homestead.

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

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

4. What item does Abbie suggest selling in order to make money?
(a) Her clock.
(b) Homemade jam.
(c) Her mother's pearls.
(d) Some of their land.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why are the Mackenzies moving?

3. What does Ed ask of Abbie in order to fulfill his promise?

4. What does Will insist on naming his son, who is born in 1872?

5. What does Abbie name her second child?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who helps Abbie when she goes into labor in Chapter 10?

2. What pet does Will Deal keep? Why must he get rid of it?

3. In Chapter 3, what does Abbie find in the forest, and what does she do there?

4. At the beginning of the story, where is Maggie Mackenzie moving her family?

5. What does Abbie decide to do for her children in Chapter 14?

6. Who do Abbie and Will encounter on their journey to Nebraska?

7. In Chapter 2, what catastrophe nearly befalls the Mackenzie family on their journey?

8. Who hears Abbie sing in the woods? What does this person promise her?

9. What kind of house does Will build for his family?

10. Compared to the Deals, how do the Lutzes fare in Nebraska?

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