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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mentor say the puppy had done earlier that day?
(a) Turned over a flower pot.
(b) Eaten a great deal.
(c) Chased his tail.
(d) Chewed Mentor's shoes.

2. What does Ramon ask Matty when they encounter each other near Jean's house?
(a) If Matty would help him with his homework.
(b) If Matty would send Seer to their house.
(c) If Matty would like to have supper with his family.
(d) If Matty would like to go fishing.

3. What are Matty and Seer doing when Ramon comes by with the news?
(a) Painting the house.
(b) Planting herbs.
(c) Pulling pea vines.
(d) Making bread.

4. What does the woman say her son is working at?
(a) He's working in the fields.
(b) He's helping build new houses.
(c) He's helping tend goats.
(d) He's working in the dairy.

5. What is the role of the adults of Village?
(a) Teaching the children to be respectful of their elders.
(b) Produce food and share with each other.
(c) Read, learn, participate and care for each other.
(d) Teaching the youngsters to take over as leaders.

6. How many puppies does Matty say Jean has?
(a) Two .
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

7. What kind of stringed instrument does Seer play in the evenings?
(a) A guitar.
(b) A mandolin.
(c) A fiddle.
(d) The book doesn't say.

8. What is wrong with the frog Leader sees in Forest?
(a) It is unable to catch insects.
(b) It has a stiff back leg.
(c) It is unable to croack.
(d) It is blind.

9. What does Seer say about Ramon's voice among those keening?
(a) That Ramon has learned well.
(b) That Ramon has a cough.
(c) That Ramon is nearly a man.
(d) That Ramon doesn't know how to keen correctly.

10. What does Matty do just before lighting the lamp?
(a) Makes certain there's no oil spilled on the table.
(b) Flips a switch.
(c) Cleans the soot from the chimney.
(d) Checks for oil.

11. What season is it?
(a) Fall.
(b) Spring.
(c) Winter.
(d) Summer.

12. Who does Seer say he wants Matty to bring back from another village?
(a) Matty's brother.
(b) As many people as he can.
(c) Seer's daughter.
(d) The new woman's children.

13. What is the prize from the Gaming Machine?
(a) A quarter.
(b) A handful of nickles.
(c) Tokens.
(d) A piece of candy.

14. What is the handicap of the new woman Matty stops to talk with?
(a) She is blind.
(b) She limps.
(c) She has only one eye.
(d) Her arm is twisted.

15. What does Leader say he'd like to do when he's old?
(a) Make time to visit the people of Village.
(b) Sit and study.
(c) Continue to lead the people of Village.
(d) Learn to bake.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Seer first learn about Trade Mart?

2. Who does Matty see beside the new woman he'd talked to earlier?

3. What does Matty note about Ramon and his sister?

4. What does Seer say is Leader's gift?

5. What does Matty say he noticed about a very nice woman after the Trade Mart?

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