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

2. When the Mackenzie's reach their destination in Chapter 2, where do they stay?
(a) In a tent.
(b) With a relative.
(c) In a small shed.
(d) In a hotel.

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

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

5. What do Will and Abbie work together to make on their land?
(a) A paddock.
(b) A silo.
(c) A barn.
(d) A well.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which family seems to be doing better than their neighbors?

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

3. What affected the Deals' first crops in Chapter 12?

4. What does Abbie name the child she gives birth to in Chapter 15?

5. What do Abbie and Will make in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Abbie and Will receive in Chapter 13?

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

3. What is Abbie said to be fascinated by in Chapter 1?

4. How does the Deals' fifth crop turn out?

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

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

7. How does Abbie feel about her in-laws?

8. What does Abbie tell Will after their first child is born?

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

10. What kind of person does Abbie aspire to be?

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