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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gideon say about the letters Abilene gives him?
(a) He doesn't want to read them or see them.
(b) He wants to read through them once before returning them.
(c) He wants to read them and keep them.
(d) He wants to destroy them so no one can read them.

2. What did Stucky Cybulskis write in the senior classroom?
(a) A quotation.
(b) A thesis statement.
(c) A joke.
(d) A poem.

3. What does Abilene gather for Miss Sadie while her friends Lettie and Ruthanne are out of town?
(a) Rocks.
(b) Plants.
(c) Sticks.
(d) Pine cones.

4. Where are Jinx and Shady headed when they run into the sheriff on September 1, 1918?
(a) Widow Cane's property.
(b) Shady's place.
(c) Devlin's mines.
(d) The post office.

5. Where is the hidden compartment where Shady hides Jinx?
(a) Behind the bed.
(b) In the floor.
(c) In the stockroom.
(d) In the bar.

6. What does Abilene say in her telegram to her father?
(a) That she is running away.
(b) That she is ill and dying.
(c) That she is planning to kill herself.
(d) That she is joining the military.

7. What do medical personnel encourage as a response to the disease?
(a) Quarantines.
(b) Hand washing.
(c) Wearing face masks.
(d) Cleaning with alcohol.

8. What controversial location does Shady suggest for mixing the liquids?
(a) The town hall drinking fountain.
(b) The baptismal font at the church.
(c) The fountain in the square.
(d) The bathtub in Devlin's house.

9. What does Abilene do to try to get Miss Sadie to continue telling her stories?
(a) Abilene predicts ridiculous things that might happen.
(b) Abilene pretends not to care about the story.
(c) Abilene begs Miss Sadie to continue telling the story.
(d) Abilene pretends to remember the story wrong.

10. Who bids against Burton in the auction?
(a) Shady.
(b) Jinx.
(c) Devlin.
(d) Mrs. Larkin.

11. What does Abilene offer to do for Miss Sadie's injury?
(a) Plaster it.
(b) Clean it.
(c) Lance it.
(d) Bandage it.

12. What do Abilene, Lettie, and Ruthanne plan to use to identify the person who wrote the note they believe is from the Rattler?
(a) The handwriting.
(b) The ink.
(c) The paper.
(d) Fingerprints.

13. Who does the government man turn out to be?
(a) Ned's commanding officer.
(b) Jinx's uncle.
(c) Hattie Mae's cousin.
(d) Mrs. Larkin's nephew.

14. Where on Miss Sadie's property does Abilene try to go to find a pot?
(a) A cistern.
(b) A shed.
(c) A closet.
(d) A cellar.

15. Who arrives in town along with Devlin and Burton when they return?
(a) A presidential candidate.
(b) The governor.
(c) The medical examiner.
(d) The sheriff.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the coffin that Shady, Jinx, and Donal bury filled with?

2. What attainment did Mrs. Evans' daughter achieve in 1918?

3. Who are the townspeople trying to get out of town?

4. What does Ned ask Jinx to do in his letter?

5. Where do Abilene, Lettie, and Ruthanne play on July 3, 1936?

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