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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What three elements does Jinx plan to mix together for his secret mixture?
(a) Liquor, spring water, and vitimin elixir.
(b) Liquor, orange juice, and mint juice.
(c) Liquor, gasoline, and peroxide.
(d) Liquor, melted snow, and maple syrup.

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

3. Who are the townspeople trying to get out of town?
(a) Mr. Devlin, Mr. Cooper, and Velma T.
(b) Mr. Cooper, Mr. Burton, and Mr. Underhill.
(c) Sheriff Dean, Miss Sadie, and Mr. Underhill.
(d) Mr. Devlin, Mr. Burton, and Sheriff Dean.

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

5. Who remains in town, who might or might not keep the secret?
(a) Mrs. Larkin.
(b) Mr. Cooper.
(c) Mr. DeVore.
(d) Mr. Underhill.

6. What does Abilene discover Shady doing at night in the woods?
(a) Searching for a burial mound.
(b) Talking to a shadowy figure.
(c) Burying his valuables.
(d) Giving supplies to travelers.

7. What is the coffin that Shady, Jinx, and Donal bury filled with?
(a) Rocks.
(b) Dirt.
(c) Miricle elixir.
(d) Papers.

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

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

10. How does Hattie Mae act when Abilene wants to talk to her about Gideon?
(a) Confused.
(b) Angry and dismissive.
(c) Reluctant to talk.
(d) Happy and eager.

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

12. What is the newspaper contest Abilene comes up with called?
(a) Back in the Day.
(b) Remember When.
(c) Out of the Past.
(d) Once in Manifest.

13. What does everyone in Manifest pretend?
(a) They pretend an important person is coming to the nearby city.
(b) They pretend there is an accident out of town.
(c) They pretend to be sick.
(d) They pretend there is a fire.

14. 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 begs Miss Sadie to continue telling the story.
(c) Abilene pretends to remember the story wrong.
(d) Abilene pretends not to care about the story.

15. Who does Abilene tell, when she thinks she's identified the Rattler?
(a) The sheriff.
(b) Shady.
(c) No one.
(d) Miss Sadie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the subject of Stucky Cybulskis' writing?

2. What does Shady give to the man from the government who comes to his bar?

3. What weapon does Uncle Finn use to threaten Jinx?

4. What disease is spreading through the country in 1918?

5. Who bids against Burton in the auction?

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