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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Rooster Jim want to continue doing with Hattie that he did with her uncle?
(a) Reading classics.
(b) Playing checkers.
(c) Hunting.
(d) Playing chess.

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

4. Where does Hattie go after cleaning herself up and taking special care with her grooming?
(a) To Vida to apply for a loan.
(b) A dance.
(c) To visit a dead neighbor's wife.
(d) Church.

5. What month is coming up shortly?
(a) November.
(b) September.
(c) June.
(d) April.

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

7. How does Traft Martin help Hattie?
(a) Drawing water for the garden.
(b) Stapling wire to fence posts.
(c) Picking rocks out of the field.
(d) Running the plow.

8. What does Hattie give Perilee in thanks?
(a) A book of poems.
(b) A bag of coffee.
(c) A bag of sugar.
(d) A picture.

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

10. What does Hattie do when she notices the situation with the Mueller children?
(a) Kills the rattler.
(b) Hoists the children up into a tree.
(c) Takes off her petticoat, and waves it to stop the animals.
(d) Pushes the children into the creek.

11. Why is Hattie embarrassed when Traft comes in her house?
(a) She is in men's slacks.
(b) She has no biscuits to offer.
(c) She has her underthings laid out to dry.
(d) She has no coffee to offer.

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

13. About what does Leafie warn Hattie?
(a) That there is a group who want to have the Mueller's homesteading claim denied.
(b) That Traft is in trouble.
(c) That there is an ongoing investigation about her age as a homesteader.
(d) That there is a group who is going to burn Mueller's home.

14. What does Perilee say she is too busy to do?
(a) Join the Wednesday evening knitting group.
(b) Sing in the choir.
(c) Bake cookies for a church meeting.
(d) Go to Vida with Hattie.

15. What does Mrs. Martin say is not needed in the choir?
(a) Sopranos.
(b) Robes.
(c) Altos.
(d) A director.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who meets Hattie at the door to the dance?

2. What amuses Rooster Jim as he rides by as Hattie is plowing?

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

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

5. For what does Hattie give five dollars?

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