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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. The letter in Chapter 19 talks about Elinore's happy Christmas and ___________________.
(a) quilting bee.
(b) New Year's.
(c) deer hunt.
(d) trip to California.

2. Why did Elinore not have a new wedding dress?
(a) There was no time to make one.
(b) There was no money to buy one.
(c) The dress did not arrive in time.
(d) There was nowhere to buy one.

3. Elinore and her husband got married quickly due to the necessity of living together and ________________________.
(a) their religious beliefs.
(b) the brief period of time between planting seasons.
(c) the schedule of the traveling minister.
(d) Jerrine's need for a father.

4. Who wrote to Elinore about a job on the homestead?
(a) Adeline Watson.
(b) Amelie Hinton.
(c) Audra Wasserstrom.
(d) Aurelia Timmons.

5. The pregnant girl in the cabin was from which state?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Georgia.
(d) New Jersey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had come to stay at Elinore's?

2. What book does Jerrine especially like?

3. Jerrine thanks Mrs. Coney for which book?

4. Mrs. O'Shaughnessy invited Elinore to go on a trip to meet ____________________.

5. Elinore states that women could avoid poverty if they had the _________________ to homestead.

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the surprise encounter that Elinor and Mrs. O'Shaughnessy had with the Mormon bishop?

2. Why had Elinore never said anything to Mrs. Coney about Clyde?

3. Describe the events surrounding Elinore's wedding to Clyde.

4. What good fortune did Gavotte have in the summer of 1912?

5. What did Elinore say about the time that the thresher crew came?

6. Who encouraged Elinore to consider homesteading as a way of life?

7. Describe how Gavotte and the women made a wonderful, surprising Christmas for Molly and her children.

8. Who did Gavotte and the others come upon while on the hunting trip?

9. What was the status of Elinore's land claim in the fall of 1911?

10. What was the nature of the dinner to which Gavotte invited the Stewarts, Mrs. Louderer and Mrs. O'Shaughnessy?

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