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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the janitor doing, when the girls see him at the school?
(a) Waxing the floors.
(b) Dusting the offices.
(c) Cleaning the walls.
(d) Washing the windows.

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

3. 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 destroy them so no one can read them.
(d) He wants to read them and keep them.

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

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

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

7. When Miss Sadie picks up her story of Jinx and Ned on August 11, 1936, what does she begin with?
(a) A dog running down the street.
(b) A thunder storm approaching.
(c) A horse passing by.
(d) A train arriving.

8. Who organized the secret meeting to talk about the land Mr. Devlin wants to buy?
(a) Mr. Underhill.
(b) Miss Sadie.
(c) Jinx.
(d) Hadley.

9. What year does the newspaper contest focus on?
(a) 1916.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1915.

10. How do people respond to the newspaper contest?
(a) Seemingly uncaringly, but with many entries.
(b) Enthusiastically, but with few entries.
(c) Enthusiastically, with many entries.
(d) Uncaringly, with few entries.

11. What causes the Missouri sheriff to want to double-check the identity of the person being buried?
(a) The weight of the coffin.
(b) The attitude of the mourners.
(c) The clothes on the body.
(d) The name on the headstone.

12. Who does Jinx feel is watching him as he prepares for the fair?
(a) Mr. Devlin.
(b) The sheriff.
(c) Ned.
(d) Shady.

13. How does Miss Sadie react, when Abilene tries to find a pot in a locked area?
(a) Angrily.
(b) Helpfully.
(c) Sadly.
(d) Mockingly.

14. Who brings the news that Ned has died?
(a) The sheriff.
(b) A telegraph operator.
(c) A soldier.
(d) Ned's mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Abilene find in Miss Sadie's death?

2. What is the newspaper contest Abilene comes up with called?

3. Who realizes the truth about Miss Sadie's relationship with Ned?

4. How long is Miss Sadie out of the country before she can return to try to reunite with her son?

5. What locations are popular with the rich because of the disease epidemic?

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