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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Constance ask Katherine and Mike to do before she dies?
(a) Move away.
(b) Renew their vows.
(c) Raise the twins.
(d) Have more children.

2. What frustrates Katherine after her children die?
(a) She is too ill to attend their funerals.
(b) They live so far from civilization.
(c) She hasn't heard from her mother in months.
(d) Mike blames her for their deaths.

3. What does Mary Aroon cause to spill which makes Mike angry in Chapter 22?
(a) A bucket of soot.
(b) Kerosene.
(c) Ink.
(d) A bottle of milk.

4. How does Mike help Larry after his leg is amputated?
(a) Mike finds Larry a job he can do sitting.
(b) Mike tends to Larry's livestock.
(c) Mike harvests Larry's crops.
(d) Mike carries Larry around town on his back.

5. What goes on outdoors as Katherine is giving birth to her son?
(a) The northern lights are dancing.
(b) Wolves howl.
(c) A bear is wandering through the village.
(d) Two feet of snow falls.

6. How old is Mary Aroon in Chapter 17?
(a) Five months old.
(b) Three years old.
(c) One year old.
(d) Two weeks old.

7. How does Katherine react to the decorations and crowds at the homecoming party?
(a) She is overwhelmed.
(b) She is impressed.
(c) She is indifferent to her surroundings.
(d) She is filled with glee.

8. In Chapter 19, what does Larry give the Flannigans as a thank you for their help?
(a) Ten jars of preserves.
(b) Half a cow.
(c) A clock.
(d) A dog.

9. In Chapter 25, what instrument does Mike play in order to deal with his grief?
(a) A fiddle.
(b) A panflute.
(c) An accordion.
(d) A harmonica.

10. According to Indian superstition, what bird brings death to a house by flying over it?
(a) Owl.
(b) Crow.
(c) Eagle.
(d) Heron.

11. What illness becomes an epidemic in the community in Chapter 23?
(a) Influenza.
(b) Diphtheria.
(c) Scarlet fever.
(d) Cholera.

12. What does Katherine remember that Constance emphasized when they first met?
(a) They were the only white women in the village.
(b) They were the only women with children.
(c) They were the only Christian women.
(d) They were the only females over eighteen.

13. What is the woman who asks Katherine for medicine in Chapter 23 carrying?
(a) A dead baby.
(b) A basket.
(c) A hen.
(d) A water jug.

14. How does Constance's daughter die in Chapter 27?
(a) Chicken pox.
(b) A contagious airborne virus.
(c) Following childbirth.
(d) Pnemonia.

15. Why was Randy Nolan brought to the Flannigans' house in Chapter 25?
(a) He had a mystery illness.
(b) He was kicked by a horse.
(c) He had alcohol poisoning.
(d) He was attacked by a bear.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 19, how long will Mike be away in order to arrest Cardinal?

2. What does Katherine take to Constance when her sons are killed?

3. What does Katherine recall having a premonition about in Chapter 25?

4. Which of Constance's children dies shortly after the Flannigans' children do?

5. What does Katherine hire Mamanowatum to do for her?

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