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

2. Who is Perilee Johnson Mueller?
(a) A woman who runs a boarding house in New England.
(b) A woman who lives in Montana.
(c) The next-door neighbor to Uncle Holt.
(d) Hattie's mother's best friend.

3. What does Rooster Jim offer to do as he is riding by one day?
(a) Mail Hattie's letters.
(b) Show her the boundaries of her property.
(c) Show her how to set a fence post.
(d) Fix the barn roof.

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

5. Why does Hattie go over to talk to Perilee?
(a) Ask her advice.
(b) Tell her she shot an elk and is willing to share.
(c) Tell her about the bear.
(d) Ask her to let her oldest come stay with Hattie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Plug?

2. How does Hattie write about her life in the letters she writes?

3. When does Hattie's uncle Holt take her into his home?

4. What does Rooster Jim want to continue doing with Hattie that he did with her uncle?

5. What does Hattie discuss with Mr. Ebgard?

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