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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jinx say happened to his father?
(a) He took a job in Europe.
(b) He went to jail.
(c) He died.
(d) He left.

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

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

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

5. What does Miss Sadie send Abilene to get for her?
(a) Her glasses.
(b) A dustpan.
(c) A cup of tea.
(d) Ointment.

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

7. What is on the shelf behind Shady's bar?
(a) A photograph.
(b) A stuffed toy.
(c) A single bottle of liquor.
(d) A painted glass.

8. Where does Abilene go to examine what she's found in her room?
(a) The woods.
(b) A barn.
(c) A tree house.
(d) A cave.

9. What grade does the teacher give Abilene?
(a) None.
(b) Passing.
(c) An A.
(d) An incomplete.

10. What profession does Mr. Delvin's son have?
(a) Writer.
(b) Salesman.
(c) Soldier.
(d) Miner.

11. When Ruthanne's uncle comes back the next morning to investigate the sound, who does he bring with him?
(a) His brothers.
(b) His father.
(c) His sons.
(d) His friends.

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

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

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

15. How does Abilene hope to avoid going to Miss Sadie's again?
(a) By pretending to be sick.
(b) By making herself so valuable to Shady that he won't let her go.
(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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Lettie and Ruthanne do, when the three girls are at Miss Sadie's gate?

2. What booth does Ned go to?

3. Who does Jinx blame for Ned going to war?

4. What is Jinx doing when the boy returns?

5. How well-made is Miss Sadie's gate?

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