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

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

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

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

5. Who talks to Abilene about the embarrassment of foreign names?
(a) The butcher.
(b) The sheriff.
(c) The barber.
(d) The post office clerk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Jinx and Shady headed when they run into the sheriff on September 1, 1918?

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

3. What do Abilene, Lettie, and Ruthanne plan to use to identify the person who wrote the note they believe is from the Rattler?

4. What does Abilene use to unlock Miss Sadie's shed?

5. Who killed Junior?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Shadow of Death," what does Abilene realize about her compass?

2. What role does Abilene take on at the end of the novel?

3. How does Abilene know how to understand a telegram?

4. On July 15, 1918, what does Abilene go to the cemetery to look for?

5. What does Miss Sadie tell Abilene about the Widow Cane property?

6. What are the obstacles to the townspeople buying the property that Devlin wants?

7. What does Jinx do when he sees the two sheriffs who are in town?

8. What does the man from the government who comes to Shady's bar do while he's there?

9. How does Abilene discover who her father is in Manifest?

10. What does Hattie Mae convey to Abilene about Gideon?

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