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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. Why does Katherine become angry with Mike in Chapter 12?
(a) She is scared she will have to give birth on the trail.
(b) Mike makes fun of her small feet.
(c) She is in a bad mood, and everything is making her angry.
(d) Mike forgets to bring her lucky blanket.

2. What is the name of the family that runs the store in Katherine's new town?
(a) McGyver.
(b) Brent.
(c) Henderson.
(d) Appleton.

3. Which Canadian province is Katherine headed to visit her uncle in?
(a) Ontario.
(b) Manitoba.
(c) Alberta.
(d) Saskatchewan.

4. Mike says that Father Lacombe, the first white man in the Territory, has attempted to teach the Indians about ____________.
(a) Fashion in other areas of the world.
(b) Radio programs.
(c) Garbage cans.
(d) Eating manners.

5. What does the nurse in Peace River Crossing tell Katherine when they meet?
(a) The baby will come out easily.
(b) The nurse doubts Katherine's baby will be born alive.
(c) The weather is not good for birthing a baby.
(d) It is an unlucky day to give birth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Katherine eat on the train which makes her cry?

2. How did Katherine sneak her dog into the passenger coach?

3. What do Katherine and Mike give Atenou to dull his pain in Chapter 9?

4. Whom is Katherine going to stay with in Canada?

5. How does Joe react when he learns his son has died?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes the wolves to cry so much in Chapter 6?

2. In Chapter 10, how is it explained that the people in the Northwest Territory are able to navigate themselves from one place to another?

3. What does Katherine think about to keep from thinking about her mother in Chapter 1?

4. Who is traveling in a train at the beginning of the novel? Where is she going?

5. At the Howards, Mike diagnoses Katherine with what condition? What does he suggest she do to help her condition?

6. In Chapter 8, what do Katherine and Mike discover has happened to the cheesecloth they provided for Chief Mustagan's windows?

7. What does Katherine think when she sees Mike's red uniform?

8. How do Katherine and Mike try to sober up Johnny Flaherty in Chapter 2?

9. Why has Katherine been sent to stay with her uncle in Canada?

10. When Katherine and Mrs. Mathers meet, how does Mrs. Mathers make a bad impression?

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