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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ned do with his share of the money?
(a) He buys a ring for Pearl Ann.
(b) He buys a bicycle.
(c) He bribes his way into the military.
(d) He hides it in a box under a rock.

2. How big is the catfish Jinx brings home to Shady?
(a) Ten pounds.
(b) Twenty pounds.
(c) Fifteen pounds.
(d) Five pounds.

3. What does Jinx say happened to his mother?
(a) She disappeared without explanation.
(b) She ran off to become an actress.
(c) She became ill.
(d) She went away to an art school.

4. Who sends Abilene and her friends out to search for something?
(a) Mr. Underhill.
(b) Shady.
(c) Miss Sadie.
(d) Sister Redempta.

5. Where does the sheriff's brother-in-law live?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Missouri.
(d) Iowa.

6. What happened to Shady's former church?
(a) It fell down.
(b) It had to be sold.
(c) It was repossessed.
(d) It burned down.

7. Where does Abilene go with Lettie and Ruthanne, when they come over?
(a) To the woods.
(b) To the tree house.
(c) To her room.
(d) To the barn.

8. Where is Abilene's room at Shady's Place?
(a) In a back room.
(b) In a detached barn.
(c) Upstairs.
(d) In the basement.

9. Why does Shady leave the house, allowing Abilene to sneak over to Miss Sadie's?
(a) To buy groceries.
(b) To visit a friend in town.
(c) To go fix a fence.
(d) To collect some old wood.

10. How much money does Abilene have when she travels to Manifest?
(a) Two nickels.
(b) Two dimes.
(c) Two quarters.
(d) Two pennies.

11. What is Billy Clayton doing, when Abilene runs across him?
(a) Throwing rocks.
(b) Cutting wood.
(c) Picking flowers.
(d) Drawing a picture.

12. What does Jinx do, when he hears a girl's voice?
(a) He runs away from her.
(b) He hides.
(c) He runs toward her.
(d) He calls out to her.

13. What does Miss Sadie assume when Abilene comes to the house?
(a) That Abilene is trying to sell her something.
(b) That Abilene wants her fortune told.
(c) That Abilene is trying to steal from her.
(d) That Abilene wants information.

14. What food does Jinx want to get from the boy?
(a) Bread.
(b) Fish.
(c) Cheese.
(d) Oranges.

15. Who refuses the immigrant woman's quilt square?
(a) Sister Redempta.
(b) Mrs. Clayton.
(c) Mrs. Larkin.
(d) Miss Sadie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jinx do with his share of the money?

2. How does Jinx get a Manchurian Fire Thrower?

3. Why doesn't Abilene look at what she found the previous evening before leaving for school?

4. What denomination is Shady?

5. How much money do Jinx and Ned make in their business venture?

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