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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 is the janitor doing, when the girls see him at the school?
(a) Dusting the offices.
(b) Waxing the floors.
(c) Washing the windows.
(d) Cleaning the walls.

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

3. Who organized the secret meeting to talk about the land Mr. Devlin wants to buy?
(a) Hadley.
(b) Jinx.
(c) Miss Sadie.
(d) Mr. Underhill.

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

5. What tragedy struck the town soon after Ned's death?
(a) An outbreak of illness.
(b) A destructive tornado.
(c) A destructive fire.
(d) A cave-in at the mine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the graves of those who died in the tragedy that struck the town after Ned's death?

2. Where is the land auction held?

3. Who arrives in town along with Devlin and Burton when they return?

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

5. How does Hattie Mae act when Abilene wants to talk to her about Gideon?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why do Abilene and her friends decide to organize another Annual Homecoming Celebration?

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

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