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

2. How is Mr. Whiskers fed?
(a) He eats some of the stew.
(b) He just has some cow's milk.
(c) He catches a mouse.
(d) He catches a snake.

3. What does Hattie write for her article in Honyocker's Homily?
(a) That she is able to plant seeds.
(b) That Plug has several different jobs.
(c) A homily about patchwork quilts.
(d) That the Patriotic league is sponsering the Mueller family.

4. What does Mr. Saboe announce at dinner?
(a) Traft is leaving the area.
(b) The homesteading act has been revised.
(c) The Muellers will no longer be welcome in Vida.
(d) It is time to buy liberty bonds.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hattie give Perilee in thanks?

2. Who does Hattie write to tell of her move to Montana?

3. Who is Plug?

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

5. How old is Hattie when she becomes an orphan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens the next day after the dance to the Mueller's barn?

2. Describe the interaction between Traft and Hattie on April 2.

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

4. What does the letter from Hattie's uncle Chester say?

5. Where does Hattie go on Sunday where she has not yet been, and how is she initially greeted?

6. Who helps Hattie in the field the next day and how does he respond to her thanks?

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

8. What happens when Hattie is sixteen that jeopardizes her finishing school?

9. How does Leafie stop some men from running the Mueller's cow to death?

10. How does Hattie make use of her petticoat that her aunt Ivy always insisted upon her wearing?

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