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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 ask Hattie concerning Charlie?
(a) Nothing.
(b) If he is her brother.
(c) If she is just writing him to support the troops.
(d) If she is waiting for him.

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

3. What does Perilee promise that she is unable to keep?
(a) That the quilt will be done before the baby is born.
(b) That Hattie can have Violet back as soon as Karl returns with a new cow.
(c) That Karl will plant Hattie's forty acres required by the claims office.
(d) That Violet will be well cared for when Hattie goes to Seattle.

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

5. What does Hattie manage to do despite her fears?
(a) Keep Mattie from getting hysterical.
(b) Deliver twins.
(c) Tie off and cut the cord and clean up Charlotta.
(d) Milk the cow for milk for the new baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Traft say about why he is not serving in the military?

2. Where does Leafie invite Hattie?

3. Who visits Hattie the morning after she learns of the flu epidemic?

4. What happens that makes Hattie terrified?

5. What does a letter from Charlie reveal?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hattie think about after witnessing events at the Ren homestead?

2. Why does Traft say about the fire in Hattie's barn when he comes by to see her after the July 4th picnic?

3. What has Perilee asked of Karl concerning the harassment of them because Karl is German?

4. What does Hattie's next installment describe?

5. What are Hattie and Perilee working on as Perilee waits to deliver her baby, and what does Perilee promise?

6. What happens to Hattie that Traft helps her?

7. Who comes to help Hattie with the threshing and how does Chase contribute?

8. What happens when Hattie goes to visit Perilee?

9. How does Rooster Jim end up on top of a hay bale?

10. What troubling news does Rooster Jim bring to Hattie, and what is the outcome?

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