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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. What is the name of the lady that Sam calls Mrs. Strawberry?
(a) Mrs. Davis.
(b) Mrs. Fielder.
(c) Mrs. Stouder.
(d) Mrs. Watson.

2. How many days of rain caused Sam's dam to wash out?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

3. What did Bando help Sam make during the first year Sam was on the mountain?
(a) Fireplace
(b) Clay pots and blueberry jam.
(c) Windmill.
(d) Bow and arrow.

4. How big is the pond created by Sam's new dam?
(a) 1/4 acre.
(b) 1/2 acre.
(c) 1/8 acre.
(d) 3/4 acre.

5. Where does Bando teach?
(a) College in Connecticut.
(b) Elementary school in Delhi.
(c) College near the Hudson River.
(d) High school in Delhi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What month is it at the beginning of Chapter 1?

2. When did Sam write about creating a forge?

3. Who gave Sam sheepskins?

4. How long ago did Sam come to the mountaintop?

5. When is Frightful confiscated by a conservation officer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Sam, Alice, and their friends do for Thanksgiving dinner last year?

2. What is a watermill and why did Sam decide to build one shortly after Alice decided to stay on the mountain?

3. Why doesn't Sam allow Alice to edge all the paths with stones?

4. What does Frightful look like?

5. What did Sam and Alice do on Christmas day last year?

6. How did Sam fell the big hemlock for the sluice?

7. What progression did Sam go through to get comfortable seating in his home?

8. Why doesn't Sam want electricity?

9. What will Longbridge do with Frightful?

10. Why did Sam's family come to the mountain last year and then leave?

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