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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Sharpshooter fled with Eliza before the war, where did he hope to go with her?
(a) Canada.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Virginia.

2. How many horses did Dearbhla, Eliza, and the Sharpshooter have when they fled to the mountain ridges?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

3. 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?
(a) Tulip poplar.
(b) Redbud.
(c) Dogwood.
(d) Magnolia.

4. How long was Dearbhla's mother failing before she died?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 13 months.
(d) 4 years.

5. 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?
(a) 8 months.
(b) A year.
(c) 9 months.
(d) A year and a half.

6. Where did Eliza's father brand the Sharpshooter as a warning to leave his daughter alone?
(a) Chest.
(b) Right shoulder.
(c) Back.
(d) Left shoulder.

7. What bird does ConaLee see after her father plays the harmonica and then leaves her to drive the wagon?
(a) Hawk.
(b) Blue jay.
(c) Owl.
(d) Eagle.

8. What would ConaLee bring Dearbhla every week?
(a) Flour.
(b) Milk.
(c) Salt.
(d) Eggs.

9. Where was Dearbhla's family from?
(a) Germany.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Wales.
(d) Belgium.

10. When Dearbhla goes east to find the Sharpshooter, how long has it been since she, he, and Eliza fled to the ridge?
(a) 7 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 6 years.

11. How old is ConaLee's mother?
(a) Not quite 30.
(b) 32.
(c) 35.
(d) Past her 30th year.

12. How many days was Mama confined in the wagon when Papa took her and ConaLee to the asylum?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

13. How tall does Papa tell ConaLee the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum is?
(a) 200 feet.
(b) 250 feet.
(c) 150 feet.
(d) 300 feet.

14. 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) 8 days.
(d) 2 weeks.

15. What is the population of Alexandria at the time Dearbhla goes to find the Sharpshooter?
(a) About 15,000.
(b) 11,500.
(c) 13,000.
(d) Almost 12,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does O'Shea give ConaLee and her mother to eat when they arrive at the asylum?

2. How many doors are at the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum?

3. What does Eliza grab to try to kill the man called Reb?

4. How old is ConaLee when her father, the Sharpshooter, is injured?

5. When Papa would come from town in the evening, what would he bring?

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