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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 can one see from the window of Karl's hotel room?
(a) A grocery store.
(b) The parking lot.
(c) A waterfall.
(d) The courtyard.

2. How do the characters in the first paragraph of "The Branch" travel?
(a) By plane.
(b) On foot.
(c) By train.
(d) In a car.

3. Who is being considered for "North Dakota's Most Decorated Hero"?
(a) Russell Kashpaw.
(b) Officer Daniel Lunt.
(c) Jimmy Bohl.
(d) Wallace Pfef.

4. Whom does Karl meet in chapter 4?
(a) Fritzie.
(b) Russell Kashpaw.
(c) Adelaide.
(d) Jude Miller.

5. Who becomes Mary's best friend in chapter 2?
(a) Sita.
(b) Fritzie.
(c) Celestine.
(d) Pete.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the damaged tree?

2. What city does Sita visit in chapter 5?

3. Who moves south in chapter 4?

4. What is the name of Catherine Miller's baby?

5. In which state do the children look for their aunt?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Mary's one attempt at romance.

2. Why does Adelaide run to the airplane in chapter 1? How does this decision affect the children?

3. Describe Sita's experience in Minneapolis in chapter 5.

4. Why does Mary feel afraid at the beginning of chapter 1 when Karl leaves?

5. In "The Branch," why do the children come to Argus?

6. What happens to Fritzie's health in chapter 4? How does she change afterward?

7. Describe Sita's relationship with Jimmy in chapter 5.

8. Why does Karl run back to the train at the end of "The Branch"?

9. Explain the relationship between Mr. Ober and Mary's family, as well as the effects his death has on them.

10. Describe the appearance of the pawn shop and the objects Sita buys there in chapter 5.

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