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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. How many steps does the miraculous staircase have?
(a) 22.
(b) 44.
(c) 11.
(d) 33.

2. What does the family see upon arriving in the new location?
(a) Wild horses.
(b) Mirage.
(c) Battle.
(d) Fire.

3. What type of animal is trained at the ranch?
(a) Goats.
(b) Horses.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Cattle.

4. What is the name of the new home of the family?
(a) Salt Draw.
(b) Honcho Hills.
(c) Wichita Flats.
(d) KC Ranch.

5. The college is located in which city?
(a) Flagstaff.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Santa Fe.
(d) San Francisco.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many miles away is the town?

2. Which of Lily's family members commits suicide?

3. Lily feels she is no longer needed at the ranch so she moves to which metropolitan city?

4. What is Rooster's first name?

5. What is the name of the woman who helps the family?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Salt Draw explained?

2. How does Lily react when her father suggests that the children were saved by divine intervention? How does Lily explain saving Helen and Buster?

3. Lily decides to leave the ranch again. What is her plan?

4. Explain Lily's college experience. What are some of her trials and victories?

5. What must be done in order to operate a ranch of this size? What was Lily's role in running the ranch?

6. Where does Lily go after leaving the ranch? What prompts her choice?

7. How is Lily's career shaped over the next several years?

8. What is the test Lily must pass to retrieve her paycheck? What is the outcome?

9. What are Lily's responsibilities on the ranch?

10. What are the educational goals of the children? How are those goals addressed?

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