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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Rooster Jim's real name?
(a) Jim Half Crow.
(b) Jim Chicken.
(c) Jim Fowler.
(d) James Rooster.

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

4. What will cost the Mueller family considerably?
(a) The loss of one of the horses.
(b) Buying protection.
(c) The loss of the cow and calf.
(d) The loss of both horses.

5. Who meets Hattie at the door to the dance?
(a) Perilee.
(b) Rooster Jim.
(c) Traft.
(d) Leafie.

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

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

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

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

10. What is Hattie's problem at the water pump?
(a) Her hand sticks to the handle.
(b) The pump handle is rusted and won't pump.
(c) She is not strong enough to pump the water up.
(d) The water only trickles out.

11. What does Taft say might be a problem in the community?
(a) Hattie hiring a recent immigrant from Germany.
(b) Hattie not attending church.
(c) Hattie not attending the Loyalty League meetings.
(d) Hattie's friendship with the Muellers.

12. What does Traft Martin ask Hattie?
(a) To go with him to a dance.
(b) To keep his younger brother for a while.
(c) To marry him.
(d) To keep his younger sister for a while.

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

14. What has Hattie's uncle Holt been doing with her letters?
(a) Sending them on to Hattie's grandmother in Europe.
(b) Giving them to Charlie to read.
(c) Sending them on to Hattie's great-aunt in Maine.
(d) Passing them on to the local newspaper.

15. What does Hattie discuss with Mr. Ebgard?
(a) Provisions she will need.
(b) Her mother's visit before she died.
(c) Proving her claim.
(d) Finding a hired hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of Hattie's daily challenges?

2. Who brings Plug home?

3. What does Hattie insist for the person(s) who brings Plug home

4. Who is Perilee Johnson Mueller?

5. What does Mr. Saboe announce at dinner?

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