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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nationality was the woman who left Polly Elizabeth's employ before Fleur arrived in Chapter 2?
(a) Norwegian.
(b) German.
(c) Irish.
(d) Chinese.

2. In Chapter 3, how long had it been since Mauser had looked through his ledgers?
(a) 8 years.
(b) Years.
(c) Decades.
(d) 5 years.

3. What is used to make a beard for Polly Elizabeth in Chapter 4?
(a) Human hair.
(b) Untanned cow hide.
(c) Lambs wool.
(d) Untanned buffalo hide.

4. What days of the week does Placide meet with a painting teacher?
(a) Tuesday and Thursday.
(b) Monday and Thursday.
(c) Monday and Friday.
(d) Wednesday and Friday.

5. When Fleur buries the bones and clan markers under a tree in Chapter 1, what color prayer flag does she tie to the highest branches?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Red.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times in the night did John Mauser's man-nurse have to change his nightclothes and bed linens?

2. What does the cook like to drink in the kitchen in Chapter 3 when no one else is around?

3. What was Mauser's family business?

4. In Chapter 1 when the house was being built, how many sandhill cranes were shot to eat?

5. In Chapter 3, how old were the girls Mauser would marry to get permits to log their allotment lands?

(see the answer key)

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