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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who brings Plug home?
(a) Perilee.
(b) Two of Perilee's children.
(c) Karl.
(d) Rooster Jim.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Traft Martin help Hattie?

2. What does Rooster Jim want to continue doing with Hattie that he did with her uncle?

3. What does Hattie realize Mattie has forgotten?

4. What happens to Violet's tail?

5. Why is Hattie still unable to plant?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Violet lose part of her tail?

2. What is the first homesteading lesson Hattie learns the next morning as she goes to draw water for her coffee?

3. How does Hattie defuse Traft's aggression towards Mr. Saboe?

4. What does Mr. Saboe announce?

5. Why do Chase and Mattie not stop in for their customary biscuits at Hattie's one day, and what does Hattie do?

6. Who has been Hattie's main supporters when she comes to live with Uncle Holt and Aunt Ivy?

7. Explain the situation that changes the friendly reception at the church for Hattie.

8. What neighbor does Hattie meet in the local grocery store and what does he tell her?

9. What surprises Hattie while she is in her cabin in the middle of a violent storm?

10. Where does Hattie go to live at age 13, and what is Ivy's reaction to Hattie?

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