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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. When thinking about her grandfather, her mother and Eliza, Mattie decides that who has the most strong-headed opinions?
(a) Grandfather.
(b) They are an even match.
(c) Mrs. Cook.
(d) Eliza.

2. What does Mattie say is her chief complaint?
(a) She is dizzy.
(b) She is hungry.
(c) She is lonely.
(d) Her head hurts.

3. Why does Mattie think that the bugs are bothering them at the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) Because of the fever.
(b) Because of the food Eliza packed.
(c) Because of the horse.
(d) Because the baby needs a clean diaper.

4. Who else is in the wagon with Mattie?
(a) 5 dignitaries.
(b) 5 prisoners.
(c) No one.
(d) 5 orphans.

5. How did Mattie get to Bush Hill?
(a) Her grandfather carried her.
(b) Someone picked her up and dropped her off.
(c) She walked.
(d) She borrowed a horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language are the Ogilvie children studying?

2. Before Mattie's grandfather came to live with them what was his profession?

3. What is Bush Hill?

4. Now that Polly has died who is responsible for her chores?

5. Who is Polly?

Short Essay Questions

1. What scares Mattie more than anything at the end of Chapter 12?

2. Describe Mattie's morning in Chapter 1.

3. How does Mattie try to catch fish in the stream?

4. What is the soldier's trick for finding water that Mattie uses?

5. What is Grandfather's response to the clerk when he suggests sending Mattie to the orphan hose?

6. What do Mattie and Grandfather learn at the newspaper office?

7. Why does Mattie's mother want her to leave the room?

8. Who are the horsemen that stop the wagon?

9. What three things does a soldier need to fight?

10. Describe what the city looks like as Mattie and Grandfather ride the wagon through it.

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