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

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

3. Why is Hattie still unable to plant?
(a) She is sick.
(b) The soil is too wet.
(c) She has not cleared the fields enough.
(d) She cannot afford the seed.

4. Who rides up with a cow?
(a) Perilee's oldest child.
(b) No one.
(c) Rooster Jim.
(d) A group of hostile men.

5. How many rods have been planted in Hattie's absence?
(a) 40.
(b) 10.
(c) 0.
(d) 120.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will cost the Mueller family considerably?

2. Where does Hattie go after cleaning herself up and taking special care with her grooming?

3. How does Hattie describe Plug?

4. Who is Perilee Johnson Mueller?

5. Who is Violet?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Hattie's newest challenge in homesteading, and how has Uncle Chester helped?

2. What are Hattie's two animals like?

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

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

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

6. How does Hattie find a small source of income for herself?

7. With what does Perilee leave Hattie as they drop her off at her new home, and what does Hattie give her in return?

8. What does Mr. Saboe announce?

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

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

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