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

2. What does Grace tell Hattie to do?
(a) Be quiet.
(b) Appeal to Reverend Tweed.
(c) To join the choir herself.
(d) Ask her friend to come the next Sunday.

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

4. What does Hattie tie to the ring on the metal eye on the cabin?
(a) A flag.
(b) A rope.
(c) A dead snake.
(d) A lantern.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Violet?

2. Who is Chester?

3. What is Aunt Ivy's perspective on Hattie's staying with them?

4. What does Hattie find when she rides over to the Mueller homestead?

5. How does Hattie describe Plug?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Karl say Hattie needs to do about plowing, and how does Hattie feel about plowing?

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

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

9. Describe Hattie's initial plowing efforts.

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

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