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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened when Rosicky came to meet his cousin in London?
(a) He discovered that his cousin had gone to America.
(b) He found that his cousin had married.
(c) He found that cousin had passed away.
(d) He discovered that no one knew who his cousin was.

2. What would a deep snow keep warm?
(a) The hay.
(b) The horses.
(c) The wheat.
(d) The corn.

3. Who finds Rosicky lying on the floor?
(a) Mary.
(b) Polly.
(c) Rudolph.
(d) Doctor Ed.

4. What does Rosicky hope for his boys?
(a) That they will never need his farm.
(b) That they will have many children.
(c) That they will marry beautiful women.
(d) That they can get through without knowing much about the cruelty of human beings.

5. When Mary talks about the Fourth of July when they had a hot wind what does she say they didn't have yet?
(a) Wheat.
(b) Apples.
(c) Corn.
(d) Alfalfa.

6. Whom is the winter bad for?
(a) Cattle.
(b) City folk.
(c) Farmers.
(d) Horses.

7. Polly comes running toward Rosicky with the swiftness of what?
(a) A cheetah.
(b) A fox.
(c) A race horse.
(d) A greyhound.

8. What kind of man does Rosicky find terrifying and horrible?
(a) A dishonest and crafty man.
(b) A loud and harsh man.
(c) A smart and ingenious man.
(d) A wealthy and smart man.

9. Until when does Rosicky tell the boys that the car is going to be used?
(a) Valentine's Day.
(b) New Year's.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Thanksgiving.

10. What did Rosicky listen to on Christmas day in London?
(a) The Christmas singers.
(b) The tailor's family sleeping.
(c) The birds chirping.
(d) The church bells ringing.

11. What does Rosicky ask Mary to do for him before she goes to feed the chickens?
(a) Fetch his shoes.
(b) Sing a song.
(c) Bring him coffee.
(d) Thread needles.

12. What color eyes does Polly have?
(a) Hazel.
(b) Green.
(c) Brown.
(d) Blue.

13. Who says, "Town girls is used to more than country girls"?
(a) Mary.
(b) Rudolph.
(c) Polly.
(d) Rosicky.

14. What has lodged into the alfalfa field?
(a) Wheat sprouts.
(b) Prickle plants.
(c) Rosemary plants.
(d) Russian thistle plants.

15. What does Rosicky want his boys to do after he is gone?
(a) He wants them to become famous.
(b) He wants them to "be here" and to work his land.
(c) He wants them to all marry rich women.
(d) He wants them to become factory workers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Polly asks Rosicky to tell her about a city; which city is it?

2. What does Polly miss?

3. What does Rudolph feel sorry about doing "this year"?

4. When Rosicky sits down to have a pipe what does he listen to?

5. Who run arm in arm across the fields in the bitter wind?

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