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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the baker's wife give to Collin for Dolly in Chapter 5?
(a) Gingerbread men.
(b) Cookies.
(c) Muffins.
(d) Cinnamon rolls.

2. What is the name of the woman whose wagon Riley almost hits on the road in Chapter 5?
(a) Mrs. Cox.
(b) Sister Ida.
(c) Mrs. Candle.
(d) Mrs. Colburn.

3. What is the prize in the competition Maude is in the finals for?
(a) $5,000.
(b) A trip to Washington.
(c) College scholarship.
(d) $500.

4. What do men refer to the barber as?
(a) Chatterbox.
(b) Old sis.
(c) Rumor mill.
(d) Pansy.

5. What is Maude's last name?
(a) Anderson.
(b) Talbo.
(c) Riordan.
(d) Henderson.

6. Who is shot in the battle by the tree?
(a) Dolly.
(b) The Judge.
(c) Collin.
(d) Riley.

7. What is the name of Riley's younger sister?
(a) Anne.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Maude.
(d) Elizabeth.

8. Where do Riley and Collin head at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Toward the town.
(b) Toward the ocean.
(c) Toward the river.
(d) Toward Verena's house.

9. What is the last name of the couple who owns the town bakery?
(a) County.
(b) Holton.
(c) Henderson.
(d) Johnson.

10. What does everyone take out that they had bought from Little Homer while in the tree in Chapter 6?
(a) Prayer books.
(b) Ropes.
(c) Toy guns.
(d) Tin whistles.

11. What is the name of one of Sister Ida's daughters?
(a) Sister Laura.
(b) Juliet Juletta.
(c) Texaco Gasoline.
(d) Jenny Juniper.

12. What is the name of the town livery?
(a) Copper's Livery.
(b) Johnston's Livery.
(c) Jackson's Livery.
(d) Talbo Livery.

13. What color hair does Maude have?
(a) Brunette.
(b) Black.
(c) Blonde.
(d) Red.

14. Who claims, "Responsible? No one is that; except ourselves" in Chapter 6?
(a) Riley.
(b) Collin.
(c) Dolly.
(d) Verena.

15. How much has Verena given to Dr. Ritz for machinery for the old cannery?
(a) Over $5,000.
(b) Over $20,000.
(c) Over $10,000.
(d) Over $50,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the baker go to have a time-off beer in the town?

2. Who uses the house boat as a hideout?

3. Who is approaching the tree house at the beginning of Chapter 6?

4. Which character says, "At home, in the kitchen, there is a geranium that blooms over and over. Some plants, though, they bloom just once, if at all, and nothing more happens to them. They live, but they've had their life"?

5. Who strips off Riley's shirt in Chapter 6?

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