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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What food does Papa give ConaLee for her supper when he stops the wagon to relieve Mama of her breast milk?
(a) Sandwiches.
(b) Dried meat.
(c) Dried apple slices.
(d) Bread and cheese.

2. How long before Dearbhla left to find the Sharpshooter did she stir the smooth round stones from her mother in her mortar?
(a) A week.
(b) 36 hours.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 18 hours.

3. When Papa would come from town in the evening, what would he bring?
(a) Books, bread, and cheese.
(b) Meat, bread, and cheese.
(c) Lamp oil, bread, and cheese.
(d) Tonic, bread, and cheese.

4. When Papa leaves ConaLee and her mother, how long does it say it will take for Mama's milk to dry up?
(a) A week.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 8 days.

5. How old was Eliza when Dearbhla moved back to her own shanty?
(a) 9.
(b) 7.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was the oldest baby when ConaLee walked up the ridge to Dearbhla's with him tied to her with her mother's shawl?

2. What flowering tree does the Sharpshooter see that reminds him of Eliza when he and the others make their way through a wilderness of trees?

3. What is the population of Alexandria at the time Dearbhla goes to find the Sharpshooter?

4. After his recovery, what month does the Sharpshooter notice someone riding up and down near the hospital in a buckboard?

5. What did ConaLee's father call the boy baby?

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