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

2. Whose entry in the newspaper contest is the one Abilene and her friends are looking for?
(a) Mrs. Larkin's.
(b) Sherif Dean's.
(c) Mr. Underhill's.
(d) Miss Sadie's.

3. What attainment did Mrs. Evans' daughter achieve in 1918?
(a) Prom queen.
(b) Girls baseball MVP.
(c) School newspaper editor-in-chief.
(d) Senior class president.

4. 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 begs Miss Sadie to continue telling the story.
(c) Abilene pretends not to care about the story.
(d) Abilene predicts ridiculous things that might happen.

5. Does Sheriff Dean lie to the Missouri sheriff?
(a) No, he refuses to say anything.
(b) No, he tells the truth.
(c) Yes, because he is trying to steal from the sheriff.
(d) Yes, because he believes the sheriff is overstepping his bounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who bids against Burton in the auction?

2. Who are the townspeople trying to get out of town?

3. Do the townspeople make enough money from their elixir to buy the land they want?

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

5. What do Abilene, Lettie, and Ruthanne plan to use to identify the person who wrote the note they believe is from the Rattler?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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