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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Does Abilene tell Shady about the story Miss Sadie told?
(a) Yes, and Shady remembers Jinx and Ned.
(b) No, Abilene mentions the story but doesn't tell the details.
(c) No, Abilene doesn't mention the story.
(d) Yes, but it doesn't sound familiar to Shady.

2. What railway does Abilene ride on the way to Manifest?
(a) Santa Fe Railway.
(b) Union Pacific Railroad.
(c) Wichita Union Terminal Railway.
(d) Grand Western Railway.

3. What does Abilene find, as the girls start their hunt?
(a) A strange flower.
(b) A trail marker.
(c) A bag of coins.
(d) A grave.

4. What does Jinx do with his share of the money?
(a) He buys a gun.
(b) He buys a new bell for the school.
(c) He buys the Victory Quilt.
(d) He gives the money to Shady.

5. How big is the catfish Jinx brings home to Shady?
(a) Fifteen pounds.
(b) Ten pounds.
(c) Twenty pounds.
(d) Five pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shady pick up?

2. What loud noise interrupts Jinx's argument with the boy?

3. What kind of snack do the girls eat with their sandwiches while they are out searching?

4. What does Hattie Mae offer Abilene?

5. How do Abilene and her friends investigate their suspect?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Jinx and the boy he made the trade with see while they are hiding in the bushes?

2. What does the first letter Abilene read talk about?

3. What does Jinx offer to trade the boy for his food?

4. Why does Abilene's father choose Manifest as the place he sends her?

5. What makes Abilene think that Sister Redempta has been to see Miss Sadie?

6. What noise does Abilene hear while she and her friends are out hunting?

7. What newspaper clipping does Abilene show Lettie and Ruthanne at the end of "Likely Suspects"?

8. Why does Jinx have to work for Miss Velma T?

9. Besides money, what object does Abilene give to Miss Sadie, and why?

10. What does Mr. Underhill do at the cemetery?

(see the answer keys)

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