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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 on Miss Sadie's property does Abilene try to go to find a pot?
(a) A shed.
(b) A cistern.
(c) A cellar.
(d) A closet.

2. Who does the government man turn out to be?
(a) Mrs. Larkin's nephew.
(b) Hattie Mae's cousin.
(c) Ned's commanding officer.
(d) Jinx's uncle.

3. What three elements does Jinx plan to mix together for his secret mixture?
(a) Liquor, gasoline, and peroxide.
(b) Liquor, orange juice, and mint juice.
(c) Liquor, melted snow, and maple syrup.
(d) Liquor, spring water, and vitimin elixir.

4. What is mixed with the liquor the sheriff takes from Shady?
(a) Tomato juice.
(b) Pineapple juice.
(c) Apple juice.
(d) Prune juice.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the girls get into the school to search for Stucky's writing?

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

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

4. What does Abilene say in her telegram to her father?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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