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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hattie insist for the person(s) who brings Plug home
(a) That the person(s) spends the night to let the storm abate.
(b) That she pay them with coffee.
(c) That she pay them with peppermint sticks.
(d) That she pay them with oats.

2. Whose cow is it that arrives?
(a) Rooster Jim.
(b) No one.
(c) Perilee and Karl.
(d) Leafie.

3. What are the Mueller children sent out to gather?
(a) Wild flowers.
(b) Greens.
(c) Berries.
(d) Potatoes.

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

5. What does Hattie see when she goes to check on the children?
(a) A rattlesnake coiled near Mattie Mueller.
(b) A wild prairie fire heading towards the children.
(c) A herd of wild horses running towards the children.
(d) Several wild boar running towards the children.

6. What does Hattie tie to the ring on the metal eye on the cabin?
(a) A dead snake.
(b) A flag.
(c) A rope.
(d) A lantern.

7. Who picks up Hattie for the dance?
(a) Karl and Perilee Mueller.
(b) No one; she goes alone.
(c) Traft Martin.
(d) Rooster Jim.

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

9. Why is Hattie still unable to plant?
(a) The soil is too wet.
(b) She cannot afford the seed.
(c) She has not cleared the fields enough.
(d) She is sick.

10. When does Hattie's uncle Holt take her into his home?
(a) When Hattie is 7.
(b) When Hattie is 2.
(c) When Hattie first becomes an orphan.
(d) When Hattie is 13.

11. For what newspaper does Hattie write articles about her life in Montana?
(a) Montana Liberty.
(b) Arlington News.
(c) Montana Monthly News.
(d) Vida Life.

12. How does Hattie describe Plug?
(a) Stubborn.
(b) Spirited.
(c) Ornery.
(d) Gentle.

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

14. How does Hattie's uncle Holt surprise Hattie?
(a) By writing that his wife has died.
(b) By writing that he wants to come visit.
(c) By writing that Charlie was back from the war.
(d) By sending Hattie fiftenn dollars.

15. What does Hattie take to the Mueller's?
(a) Ten dollars.
(b) Some garden tools.
(c) Violet.
(d) Plug.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Violet?

2. Why is Hattie embarrassed when Traft comes in her house?

3. Who comes from the barn as Hattie returns from the fields?

4. What does Mrs. Martin say is not needed in the choir?

5. Who rides up with a cow?

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