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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Abilene disembark the train to Manifest?
(a) By falling off and rolling down a hill.
(b) By sneaking off among the crowds.
(c) By climbing off down a ladder.
(d) By jumping off as it slows.

2. What denomination is Shady?
(a) Lutheran.
(b) Baptist.
(c) Methodist.
(d) Presbyterian.

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

4. What booth does Ned go to?
(a) The Daughters of the Revolution booth.
(b) The Salvation Army booth.
(c) The Woman's Christian Temperance Union booth.
(d) The National Woman Suffrage Association booth.

5. What does the woman whose quilt square is rejected do in response?
(a) She spits at the quilt.
(b) She slaps the woman who rejected the square.
(c) Shs breaks down and begins crying.
(d) She curses the woman who rejected the square.

6. What does Abilene think of the breakfast Shady makes?
(a) She doesn't like it.
(b) She loves it.
(c) She doesn't even taste it as she eats it.
(d) She is sick at the sight of it, and doesn't try it.

7. What kind of sandwiches do the girls eat while they are out searching?
(a) Liverwurst.
(b) Pastrami.
(c) Peanut butter.
(d) Tuna fish.

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

9. What do the interrupters want?
(a) To give Abilene a message.
(b) To ask Abilene to dinner.
(c) To question Abilene about herself.
(d) To make friends with Abilene.

10. Who becomes the first prime suspect to be the "Rattler"?
(a) Sister Redempta.
(b) Miss Sadie.
(c) Shady.
(d) Mr. Underhill.

11. How did Ned get to Manifest?
(a) With a family passing through.
(b) With a group of itinerant workers.
(c) On an orphan train.
(d) On foot, alone.

12. What sound does Ruthanne's uncle hear in the woods one night?
(a) A rattling sound.
(b) A booming sound.
(c) A banging sound.
(d) A ringing sound.

13. What has happened to Billy Claton's mother?
(a) She has had a baby.
(b) She has injured her leg.
(c) She has fainted.
(d) She has gotten pneumonia.

14. Where did Ned live in Manifest?
(a) With Mr. Underhill.
(b) With Hadley Gillen.
(c) With Shady.
(d) With Miss Sadie.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Abilene walk toward after leaving the train?

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

3. What loud noise interrupts Jinx's argument with the boy?

4. Who is telling passersby about the victory quilt?

5. What does Miss Sadie assume when Abilene comes to the house?

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