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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 subject of Stucky Cybulskis' writing?
(a) Shady's liquor.
(b) Miss Sadie.
(c) The woods.
(d) The Rattler.

2. What disease is spreading through the country in 1918?
(a) Spanish influenza.
(b) Yellow fever.
(c) Cholera.
(d) Bronchitis.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What controversial location does Shady suggest for mixing the liquids?

2. Where does Shady pretend to be hiding liquor?

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

4. What is the main message of the telegram Mr. DeVore writes out?

5. What does Abilene do to try to get Miss Sadie to continue telling her stories?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What happens to Burton after the land auction?

9. What objection does Abilene make to Miss Sadie's story?

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

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