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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What deadline does Mr. Holmes give himself to be better?
(a) Christmas Eve.
(b) Christmas Day.
(c) New Year's Day.
(d) New Year's Eve.

2. Dr. Knowles capitalizes on Margret's ____________________.
(a) Sympathy.
(b) Creativity.
(c) Organizational skills.
(d) Need to feel needed.

3. When does Mr. Holmes leave the Howth house?
(a) 6:00 p.m.
(b) Midnight.
(c) 8:00 p.m.
(d) 6:00 a.m.

4. What does Joe beg Mr. Holmes not to do?
(a) Fire Lois.
(b) Buy the mill.
(c) Reveal his past crime.
(d) Fire him.

5. Who follows Margret as she walks home on Christmas Eve?
(a) Miss Herne.
(b) Joe.
(c) Dr. Knowles.
(d) Mr. Holmes.

6. What had Lois told Mr. Holmes that Christmas is?
(a) The best day of the year.
(b) The day love was born on earth.
(c) The day kids look forward to all year.
(d) The coldest day of the year.

7. What does Margret say when Mr. Holmes asks her to be his wife?
(a) Absolutely not.
(b) She'll think about it.
(c) She needs to sleep on it.
(d) Yes.

8. What does Lois see when she awakens?
(a) The sunrise.
(b) Suspicious shadows.
(c) Lightning.
(d) The fire at the mill.

9. What does Lois do after her father walks her home?
(a) Secretly follows him back to the mill.
(b) Sets out the breakfast dishes.
(c) Loads her wagon for deliveries.
(d) Goes to sleep.

10. Which of the following does NOT describe how Margret behaves toward Mr. Holmes?
(a) Courteous.
(b) Gracious.
(c) Cool.
(d) Eager.

11. Other than Lois, who does the carriage pass by on its way to town?
(a) Dr. Knowles.
(b) Mrs. Howth.
(c) Margret.
(d) Joel.

12. Who has agreed to work with Dr. Knowles at his new institution?
(a) Mr. Holmes.
(b) Lois.
(c) Mrs. Howth.
(d) Margret.

13. What does Mr. Holmes do that surprises Margret?
(a) Reads to Mr. Howth.
(b) Fixes dinner.
(c) Kisses her.
(d) Leaves the house.

14. What frightens Lois so much that she pulls her wagon to the side of the road?
(a) A dust storm.
(b) A tornado in the distance.
(c) A bolt of lightning.
(d) The ominous color of the sky.

15. What does Joe want to do in his life?
(a) Open a grocery store.
(b) Get a college education.
(c) Rebuild his life and stay with Lois.
(d) Become a minister.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what does Dr. Knowles congratulate Mr. Holmes?

2. Where does Margret say she will wait for Mr. Holmes?

3. What color does Lois notice that Miss Herne is wearing?

4. Where had Mr. Holmes spent every Christmas of his childhood?

5. Why does Margret think Mr. Holmes has come to her house tonight?

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