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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gives Hattie Mr. Whiskers?
(a) Hattie found the cat herself.
(b) Uncle Holt.
(c) Mrs. Mueller.
(d) Charlie Hawley.

2. Where does Hattie wait for a ride to her new home in Montana?
(a) At the side of the railroad tracks with nothing around.
(b) Wolf Point.
(c) Vida.
(d) Point Lobos.

3. How does Hattie get to Montana?
(a) The Great Northern Railway.
(b) Hitching rides as she can.
(c) Horse and wagon.
(d) A freight train.

4. What is Hattie's uncle Holt's actual relationship to Hattie?
(a) A close friend of Hattie's father.
(b) A first cousin.
(c) A distant cousin.
(d) A close friend of Hattie's grandmother.

5. Of what does Perilee remind Hattie at the grocery store?
(a) To buy feed for Plug and Violet.
(b) To run a tab with the grocer.
(c) To buy some warm wool to knit a stocking cap and gloves.
(d) To wait to buy perishables until right before they leave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the date at the opening of the novel?

2. How old is Hattie when she becomes an orphan?

3. What does Hattie discuss with Mr. Ebgard?

4. How does Hattie describe Plug?

5. Who is Plug?

(see the answer key)

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