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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hattie Mae offer Abilene?
(a) A cookie.
(b) A piece of cake.
(c) A sandwich.
(d) A piece of pie.

2. Who is telling passersby about the victory quilt?
(a) Miss Sadie.
(b) Sister Redempta.
(c) Mrs. Clayton.
(d) Pearl Ann's mother.

3. Who is with Billy Clayton's mother?
(a) Mr. Underhill.
(b) Sister Redempta.
(c) Shady.
(d) Miss Sadie.

4. What ride does Ned want to go on with Pearl Ann?
(a) The tilt-a-whirl.
(b) The ferris wheel.
(c) The swing ride.
(d) The carousel.

5. How much money do Jinx and Ned make in their business venture?
(a) Ten dollars.
(b) Thirty dollars.
(c) Fifty dollars.
(d) Seventy dollars.

6. What does the teacher give the students at school when she arrives?
(a) Homework.
(b) Report cards.
(c) Graded papers.
(d) A quiz.

7. When Abilene visits Miss Sadie on June 13, 1936, what does she ask Miss Sadie about?
(a) A curse.
(b) A song.
(c) A picture.
(d) A book.

8. How does Abilene hope to avoid going to Miss Sadie's again?
(a) By making herself so valuable to Shady that he won't let her go.
(b) By pretending to be sick.
(c) By pretending to have too much homework to do.
(d) By getting in so much trouble with Shady that he won't let her go.

9. What does Shady say he is picking up?
(a) A letter.
(b) A bible.
(c) A sandwich.
(d) A friend.

10. Who does Jinx blame for Ned going to war?
(a) Ned.
(b) Shady.
(c) Mr. Underhill.
(d) Himself.

11. What does the sheriff come to get from Shady?
(a) Gloves.
(b) Beef jerky.
(c) Moonshine.
(d) Tools.

12. What kind of game does Abilene play as she walks to Miss Sadie's?
(a) An imagination game.
(b) A rhyming game.
(c) A memory game.
(d) A clapping game.

13. Where is the notice "Perdition"?
(a) Across the top of the gate.
(b) On a post behind the gate.
(c) On a sign that's fallen to the ground.
(d) Sideways along the gate.

14. What kind of snack do the girls eat with their sandwiches while they are out searching?
(a) Jelly beans.
(b) Oatmeal crisps.
(c) Gingersnaps.
(d) Lady fingers.

15. How does Abilene react to the interruption?
(a) She at first tries to get the interrupters to go away.
(b) She hides her things and immediately greets the interrupters.
(c) She runs off.
(d) She immediately invites the interrupters to see what she has.

Short Answer Questions

1. Does Abilene tell Shady about the story Miss Sadie told?

2. What does Abilene think of the breakfast Shady makes?

3. What railway does Abilene ride on the way to Manifest?

4. What do the interrupters want?

5. What item in Miss Sadie's story seems similar to something Abilene found?

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