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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who does Abilene realize is actually the Rattler?
(a) Shady.
(b) Mr. Gillen.
(c) Miss Sadie.
(d) Sister Redempta.

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

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

7. 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 ink.
(b) The paper.
(c) Fingerprints.
(d) The handwriting.

8. What word does Abilene look up in the dictionary?
(a) Ubiquitous.
(b) Insidious.
(c) Manifest.
(d) Habitual.

9. What sound startles Uncle Finn, causing him to stumble?
(a) Thunder.
(b) A howling.
(c) A rattle.
(d) A bell.

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

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

12. Who brings cake to Shady's Sunday service?
(a) Hatie Mae.
(b) Miss Sadie.
(c) Abilene.
(d) Mrs. Evans.

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

14. Why do the townspeople want the same land Devlin want?
(a) They want to drive Devlin out of business.
(b) They want to start their own competing mine.
(c) They want to build a place for workers to live and grow food.
(d) They want leverage to get Devlin to treat workers better.

15. Where are the graves of those who died in the tragedy that struck the town after Ned's death?
(a) On the lot behind Miss Sadie's.
(b) Near the now-abandoned mine.
(c) In a yard next to the burned-out church.
(d) In a meadow with an ancient oak tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Miss Sadie picks up her story of Jinx and Ned on August 11, 1936, what does she begin with?

2. What does Abilene offer to do for Miss Sadie's injury?

3. What forced Miss Sadie to return home after she first tried to come to America?

4. How do the girls get into the school to search for Stucky's writing?

5. Does Sheriff Dean lie to the Missouri sheriff?

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