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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What month is it when Ellen first hears from Tom?
(a) January.
(b) December.
(c) February.
(d) November.

2. What is the occupation of the man who helps Jethro when he is being bullied at the store?
(a) Farmer.
(b) Trader.
(c) Newspaper editor.
(d) Store owner.

3. What is the name of the closest town to Jethro's house?
(a) Newton.
(b) Norman.
(c) Newlan.
(d) Norton.

4. How do many of Tom's friends die?
(a) Froze to death.
(b) Starved to death.
(c) Died of food poisoning.
(d) Got shot.

5. Where is the first battle of the war?
(a) Fort Summersville.
(b) Fort Summer.
(c) Fort Sumter.
(d) Fort Sumpton.

6. Where is John going a week after reading Tom's letter?
(a) Taking his family out west.
(b) To fight for the Confederacy.
(c) To fight for the Union.
(d) On a trip abroad.

7. Which war begins during the second chapter of this book?
(a) The Revolutionary War.
(b) The French and Indian War.
(c) The Civil War.
(d) The Mexican War.

8. How was Jethro's well made unusable?
(a) Guy Wortman poured coal oil in it.
(b) Dave Burdow poured sand and stones in it.
(c) A flood moved large stones over the top of it.
(d) A sick animal died in it.

9. What does Shadrach tell Jethro to NOT call the president?
(a) Abe.
(b) Lincoln.
(c) Honest Abe.
(d) Abraham.

10. Where is Shadrach heading a week after reading Tom's letter?
(a) On a trip abroad.
(b) Taking his family out west.
(c) To fight for the Union.
(d) To fight for the Confederacy.

11. What happens to Jethro's well while Matt is ill?
(a) It is filled in.
(b) It is contaminated.
(c) It dries up.
(d) It is covered with large stones.

12. Who refused Jenny's suitor?
(a) Jenny's mother.
(b) Jenny's father.
(c) Jenny's brothers.
(d) Jenny.

13. Who pays frequent visits to the farm while Matt is ill?
(a) Russ Milton.
(b) Guy Wortman.
(c) Shadrach.
(d) Dave Burdow.

14. Who helps Jethro when he is being bullied at the store?
(a) Ross Milton.
(b) Ross Morton.
(c) Russ Milton.
(d) Russ Morton.

15. Why was Jenny's suitor refused?
(a) She is too young.
(b) He has no money.
(c) He is too young.
(d) Jenny did not love him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the nation respond to the start of the war?

2. How old is Jethro when this book begins?

3. What caused Ellen's ailment in Chapter 5?

4. What is Ellen suffering from at the beginning of Chapter 5?

5. What does Jethro get to do now that he helps in the fields?

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