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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. Where is the land auction held?
(a) The courthouse.
(b) The town square.
(c) The sheiff's office.
(d) The post office.

2. What does Abilene find in Miss Sadie's death?
(a) Documents from Miss Sadie's mariage.
(b) Letters from Gideon.
(c) Mementos from Ned's childhood.
(d) Photographs from Shady's past.

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

4. What is the main message of the telegram Mr. DeVore writes out?
(a) Arriving soon.
(b) Need money.
(c) Delayed in the city.
(d) Missing you.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What controversial location does Shady suggest for mixing the liquids?

2. Who does Abilene tell, when she thinks she's identified the Rattler?

3. What is the prize for the newspaper contest?

4. What does everyone in Manifest pretend?

5. What attainment did Mrs. Evans' daughter achieve in 1918?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where in the classroom do the girls find Stucky's writing?

2. What is Ned's job in the military?

3. What objection does Abilene make to Miss Sadie's story?

4. What does Ned write in his letter about being wounded?

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

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

7. How does Abilene feel about the growth of Miss Sadie's garden?

8. Why do the people in the town think there might be a traitor amongst them?

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

10. How do Jinx and Shady sell their miracle elixir?

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