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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 Rooster Jim think Hattie needs?
(a) Chickens.
(b) A musical instrument.
(c) A pig.
(d) A husband.

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

3. What are shocks?
(a) Bundles of flax.
(b) An oblong hay bale.
(c) An unrolled hay bale.
(d) Bundles of wheat.

4. What sound breaks into Hattie's thoughts as she is walking home?
(a) A coyote howl.
(b) The screech of several jays.
(c) Wolves howling.
(d) Riders.

5. What news do Hattie and Leafie bring back to the Ren family?
(a) That Elmer will be home within an hour or two.
(b) That Elmer will be released on bail within a week.
(c) That Elmer's trial is set for the next month.
(d) That Elmer will be released on bail the next day.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Hattie and Jim discover while playing chess?

2. What does Rooster Jim use as a trellis for his string beans?

3. Who comes to help Hattie thresh?

4. What does Mr. Nefzger give Hattie?

5. What is Richey going to pick up for Karl?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hattie acquire chickens and what does she have to do to keep them safe?

2. How does Hattie help Mr. Ebgard?

3. How does Elmer Junior intervene for his father and what is the result?

4. What epidemic strikes the area where Hattie lives and what does Leafie do?

5. How does Hattie have to go into more debt because of the savings stamp drive?

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

7. What does Charlie write to Hattie in a somber letter?

8. What new debt does Hattie learn of when she visits Nefzger's store?

9. What happens when Hattie voices her concern about a pledge of one hundred dollars?

10. What do they have to do with the new baby since she is premature?

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