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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. When is Cona Lee's birthday?
(a) December 31.
(b) December 22.
(c) December 19.
(d) December 1.

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

3. What is in the saddlebags of the man who tries to rape Eliza?
(a) Food.
(b) Books.
(c) Money.
(d) Pistol and knives.

4. How old was the first baby when Mama became pregnant with the twins?
(a) 9 months.
(b) 8 months.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 7 months.

5. Where does Eliza have to get her rifle from after the man called Reb leaves?
(a) Blackberry bramble.
(b) Tree.
(c) Creek.
(d) Grave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man named Reb leave when he goes?

2. When ConaLee lived near Dearbhla, what did she keep in a small pouch hidden in her clothes?

3. How long was Dearbhla's mother failing before she died?

4. How old was Eliza when Dearbhla moved back to her own shanty?

5. How old are the twins when ConaLee takes them to the neighbors'?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the man named Reb make Eliza do after his companion is killed?

2. Why does Dearbhla decide to try to find Eliza's husband?

3. Who answers the door when ConaLee knocks at the asylum?

4. What happened when men found ConaLee and her mother living on the ridge during the War?

5. What other children does Mama have besides ConaLee, and what happened to them?

6. Who is Weed?

7. What was Dearbhla's son's childhood like?

8. How did Dearbhla come to raise the child who became Eliza's husband?

9. What does Papa tell ConaLee to tell her mother about where they are going?

10. What is Mama wearing and where did Papa get the clothes?

(see the answer keys)

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