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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 realizes the truth about Miss Sadie's relationship with Ned?
(a) Shady.
(b) No one.
(c) Mr. Underhill.
(d) Sister Redempta.

2. Who brings the news that Ned has died?
(a) Ned's mother.
(b) A telegraph operator.
(c) A soldier.
(d) The sheriff.

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

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

5. Who killed Junior?
(a) Junior.
(b) Uncle Finn.
(c) Jinx.
(d) No one.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who brings cake to Shady's Sunday service?

2. What does Shady give to the man from the government who comes to his bar?

3. What is the coffin that Shady, Jinx, and Donal bury filled with?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Burton after the land auction?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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