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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 the janitor accidentally drop when he hears a noise?
(a) His knife.
(b) His cigar.
(c) His hat.
(d) His broom.

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

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

4. What does Ned ask Jinx to do in his letter?
(a) Take his lure and go fishing.
(b) Send him a cloth handkerchief.
(c) Take a girl and go to the lake.
(d) Send him a dried flower.

5. How do the girls get into the school to search for Stucky's writing?
(a) Through a skylight.
(b) Through a window.
(c) Through the front door.
(d) Through the kitchen door.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who remains in town, who might or might not keep the secret?

2. Who was the traitor who told Burton and Devlin about the miracle elixir?

3. Where is the land auction held?

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

5. What does Gideon say about the letters Abilene gives him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Devlin ask Mrs. Larkin to dinner?

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

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

5. How is Miss Sadie's health when Abilene visits her on August 23, 1936?

6. What happens to Burton after the land auction?

7. What does Ned hope the people in the town are doing, in his letter home?

8. Why is Miss Sadie's son not allowed to return to her country with her?

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

10. What does Shady do while the liquids are being mixed for Jinx's mixture?

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