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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. LETTERS OF A WOMAN HOMESTEADER is a series of _________________.
(a) diary entries.
(b) newspaper articles.
(c) poems.
(d) letters.

2. In Elinore's first letter, she writes that she is close to ____________________.
(a) Yellowstone National Park.
(b) the Forest Reserve.
(c) the Grand Canyon.
(d) the Colorado River.

3. On the third day of their trip, Elinore and Jerrine wake to find ___________________________.
(a) the horses are gone.
(b) their food is gone.
(c) a snowstorm coming.
(d) wolves circling them.

4. Whose birthday was celebrated as noted in Chapter 10?
(a) Jerrine's.
(b) Grandma Edmonson's.
(c) Elinore's.
(d) Grandma Stewart's.

5. Who was the old, homeless Frenchman who watched over Zebulon's place?
(a) Pierre.
(b) Gavotte.
(c) Gaston.
(d) LeMieux.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the girl who Zebbie was in love with?

2. The driver of the first stagecoach was a _______________.

3. From what part of the country did Zebulon Pike Parker come?

4. What job did Elinore once do for the person in #7?

5. What item of clothing does Zebbie show Elinore which was acquired during his travels?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was life like for Cora Belle living with her grandparents?

2. What did Elinore do after Mr. Stewart did not allow her to go on a foraging expedition?

3. What does Elinore say that Jerrine will enjoy receiving from Mrs. Coney and also what does Jerrine use for a baby doll?

4. Who was Zebulon Pike Parker and how did Elinore meet him?

5. What stirs up Zebulon's interest in going back to his old home?

6. Why did Mr. Steward forbid Elinore and Mrs. Louderer from spending Christmas with Mrs. O'Shaughnessy?

7. What did Elinore write regarding the lives of Gale and Sedalia?

8. What was the purpose of the sewing bee that Elinore organized for Cora Belle's family?

9. Explain the sad story of Zebulon and his lost love, Pauline Gorley.

10. What is the content of Elinore's first letter and to whom was it written?

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