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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 kind of shop does the aunt own?
(a) Hardware store.
(b) Bakery.
(c) Butcher shop.
(d) Fabric shop.

2. What does Wallace Pfef want to build over Lover's Lane?
(a) A highway.
(b) A playground.
(c) A railroad track.
(d) A swimming pool.

3. What is the name of Mary's teacher in chapter 2?
(a) Mrs. Jennings.
(b) Sister Hugo.
(c) Sister Francesca.
(d) Miss White.

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

5. From what part of the cow does the cow's diamond come?
(a) Colon.
(b) Eye.
(c) Spleen.
(d) Brain.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to chapter 3, what does Adelaide want to send Mary?

2. What is the name of Jimmy's restaurant?

3. What does Adelaide buy for Karl in chapter 1?

4. Where did Mary live before coming to Argus?

5. Whose menu catches on fire?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Chez Sita.

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

3. How does Mary react to receiving a postcard from Adelaide in chapter 3?

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

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

6. Describe the group of men who gather in the butcher shop in chapter 4.

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

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

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

10. How does The Air Seeder work?

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