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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Elmer Ren arrested?
(a) For stealing a cow.
(b) For setting fire to Karl's barn.
(c) For stealing a chicken.
(d) For failure to register for the draft.

2. Who dies in Hattie's arms?
(a) Perilee.
(b) Lottie.
(c) Mattie.
(d) Chase.

3. What game is played on Independence Day?
(a) Cricket.
(b) Baseball.
(c) Football.
(d) Badminton.

4. What does Rooster Jim use as a trellis for his string beans?
(a) An old loom.
(b) A rusted plow.
(c) A few strands of barbed wire.
(d) A bicycle.

5. Who does Hattie encounter after talking to Mr. Nefzger?
(a) Traft.
(b) Karl.
(c) Mattie.
(d) Perilee.

6. Why is Hattie's crop mostly cattle feed?
(a) Hailstones ruin it.
(b) There is a big call for cattle feed.
(c) It is the maize type of corn.
(d) Because of the type of seed she was able to afford.

7. Where was Charlie's friend standing when the man was killed?
(a) Within a couple feet.
(b) Several hundred yards.
(c) About twenty yards away.
(d) Charlie does not say.

8. Why must Karl stay home?
(a) To protect the livestock.
(b) To plant an additional forty acres.
(c) Perilee is close to giving birth.
(d) Government agents are looking for him.

9. What does Hattie think about in relation to Elmer's situation?
(a) A sanctimonious letter Hattie once wrote.
(b) How she would not want her husband to register.
(c) How she has protested the war from the beginning.
(d) How she would be willing to be drafted were she a man.

10. What request of Perilee's does Karl refuse?
(a) To hire a worker.
(b) To meet with the Council of Defense members and try to show how good a man he is.
(c) Move back to Baltimore.
(d) To stop attending Lutheran services.

11. What does Traft say the person he is harassing must do to demonstrate loyalty to the United States?
(a) Crawl to the flag.
(b) Carry the flag up and down the street ten times a day.
(c) Stand attention for one hour in front of the flag.
(d) Salute Traft.

12. Of what are the papers full?
(a) Reports of the wounded and killed.
(b) Reports of people accused of sedition.
(c) Reports of the great victories Americans were having.
(d) Reports of the huge losses the Americans were suffering in the war.

13. Who is running errands for Karl?
(a) Leafie.
(b) Traft.
(c) Hattie.
(d) Perilee.

14. What does Mr. Nefzger give Hattie?
(a) A credit slip.
(b) A puppy.
(c) An IOU.
(d) A pie.

15. What does Rooster Jim think Hattie needs?
(a) A pig.
(b) A husband.
(c) A musical instrument.
(d) Chickens.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the "doctor" in the area?

2. What gives Hattie warning that someone is approaching?

3. What does Hattie do at the Mueller's while waiting for Leafie?

4. What is the situation like when Hattie goes over to the Mueller house?

5. What is everyone encouraged to buy on National War Savings Day?

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