3. Where does Traft offer to take Hattie?
(a) To Vida.
(b) To church on Sunday.
(c) To the feed store.
(d) To his place to show her how to do some simple ranch chores.

4. What does Perilee accept from Hattie?
(a) A rocker.
(b) A butter churn.
(c) A spinning wheel.
(d) A bag of wool.

5. What amuses Rooster Jim as he rides by as Hattie is plowing?
(a) The way she has harnessed Violet.
(b) Her plowing outfit.
(c) Her plowing methods.
(d) The hat she has put on plug.

6. When does Perilee say they will arrive at Hattie's new home?
(a) Three days travel.
(b) In about an hour.
(c) By suppertime the next day.
(d) Several hours.

7. Who is Chester?
(a) The postmaster who is a good friend of Uncle Holt.
(b) Hattie's father's brother.
(c) Hattie's uncle in Montana.
(d) The mayor who is a good friend of Uncle Holt.

8. What does Perilee leave with Hattie before they go on to their own place?
(a) Advice and dried meat.
(b) Advice, stew and strudel.
(c) A dog.
(d) Advice and some dried vegetables.

9. How does Hattie write about her life in the letters she writes?
(a) With little emotion.
(b) With angst.
(c) Humorously.
(d) Dourly.

10. What does Hattie find when she rides over to the Mueller homestead?
(a) Mattie is missing.
(b) Their cow has been shot.
(c) Perilee is very ill.
(d) The barn is on fire.

11. What does Hattie find when she arrives home?
(a) Another note from an unknown person.
(b) A hay bale is smoldering.
(c) Her cow is ill.
(d) A note from her best friend back in Virginia.

12. Who is Violet?
(a) Hattie's mother.
(b) The cow on the ranch in Montana.
(c) The owner of a tavern in Uncle Holt's town.
(d) Aunt Ivy's sister.

13. How many children do Perilee and Karl bring when they pick up Hattie?
(a) 0.
(b) 2.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

14. What does Hattie spend hours studying over?
(a) The farmer's almanac.
(b) Chess rules.
(c) Seed catalogs.
(d) The Bible.

15. What is the date at the opening of the novel?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1899.