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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. How does Miss Sadie react, when Abilene tries to find a pot in a locked area?
(a) Sadly.
(b) Angrily.
(c) Mockingly.
(d) Helpfully.

2. What word does Abilene look up in the dictionary?
(a) Manifest.
(b) Ubiquitous.
(c) Habitual.
(d) Insidious.

3. How does Hattie Mae act when Abilene wants to talk to her about Gideon?
(a) Confused.
(b) Angry and dismissive.
(c) Happy and eager.
(d) Reluctant to talk.

4. How long is Miss Sadie out of the country before she can return to try to reunite with her son?
(a) Several years.
(b) Several days.
(c) Several weeks.
(d) Several months.

5. What does Abilene discover Shady doing at night in the woods?
(a) Searching for a burial mound.
(b) Talking to a shadowy figure.
(c) Burying his valuables.
(d) Giving supplies to travelers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Abilene gather for Miss Sadie while her friends Lettie and Ruthanne are out of town?

3. When Miss Sadie picks up her story of Jinx and Ned on August 11, 1936, what does she begin with?

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

5. Who killed Junior?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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