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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to chapter 3, what does Adelaide want to send Mary?
(a) Money for college.
(b) A set of good knives.
(c) A sewing machine.
(d) Money for a car.

2. What is inside Adelaide's blue box, according to chapter 2?
(a) A safe deposit box key.
(b) A necklace and two rings.
(c) "Bits of trash."
(d) A checkbook.

3. What body part pains Karl the most in the beginning of chapter 3?
(a) His head.
(b) His back.
(c) His knees.
(d) His feet.

4. Who helps Sita and Celestine at the butcher shop?
(a) Karl.
(b) Wallace Pfef.
(c) Adrian.
(d) Canute.

5. What does Mary give Sita at the end of chapter 7?
(a) A sewing machine.
(b) A waterbed.
(c) A refrigerator.
(d) Plane tickets to Dallas.

6. What is Mary's favorite topic of discussion?
(a) Religion.
(b) Beef.
(c) Robots.
(d) Sports.

7. What does Adelaide steal from the landlady in chapter 1?
(a) A sack of potatoes.
(b) Twelve spoons.
(c) A silver tea set.
(d) A bank bag full of money.

8. What is Jimmy's pet name for Sita?
(a) "Cakes."
(b) "Sweetheart."
(c) "Snookums."
(d) "Baby darling."

9. Where does Mary run at the end of "The Branch"?
(a) To Minneapolis.
(b) To Fritzie's.
(c) To the train.
(d) To her mother.

10. Where did Mary live before coming to Argus?
(a) Sioux Falls.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Minneapolis.
(d) Minot.

11. In the beginning of chapter 6, what man does Karl meet?
(a) Russell Kashpaw.
(b) Wallace Pfef.
(c) Jude Miller.
(d) Pete Kozka.

12. Whose menu catches on fire?
(a) Karl's.
(b) Mary's.
(c) Russell Kashpaw's.
(d) Celestine's.

13. What hobby does Fritzie pick up in chapter 4?
(a) Basket weaving.
(b) Quilting.
(c) Playing bridge.
(d) Crocheting.

14. What is the name of the aunt mentioned in "The Branch"?
(a) Adelaide.
(b) Esther.
(c) Fritzie.
(d) Celestine.

15. What does Karl's rescuer use to hear trains?
(a) Karl.
(b) A dog.
(c) A special boot attachment.
(d) A hearing aid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are Mary's eyes?

2. How old is the girl in the first paragraph of "The Branch"?

3. From what part of the cow does the cow's diamond come?

4. What product is Karl selling in the beginning of chapter 6?

5. Who is in the bar that Sita enters at the end of chapter 5?

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