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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 is the name of the fair to which the narrator goes in chapter 1?
(a) The Orphan's Picnic.
(b) The Greater Sioux Falls Bazaar.
(c) The Minnesota State Fair.
(d) The Renaissance Festival.

2. What is the name of the police officer mentioned in chapter 6?
(a) Wilbur Jones.
(b) Ronald Lovchik.
(c) Daniel Lunt.
(d) John James.

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

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

5. What does Wallace Pfef buy from the butcher shop in chapter 7?
(a) A mutton leg.
(b) Head cheese.
(c) A steak and some cheese.
(d) Olive loaf.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the mother of Karl and Mary?

2. What is the name of the pawn shop in chapter 5?

3. What happens to the damaged tree?

4. What town is mentioned in the first sentence of "The Branch"?

5. What causes Karl not to be able to tell his rescuer what happened?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the empty jewel box in chapter 1 shape Mary's character?

2. Describe Argus, as pictured in "The Branch."

3. Describe the appearance of Omar and Adelaide at the end of chapter 3.

4. How does The Air Seeder work?

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

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

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

8. Why does Russell Kashpaw dislike Karl?

9. Explain the town's reaction to Mary's accident in the ice in chapter 2.

10. Describe the children's experience on the train in "The Branch."

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