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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. How does Alice plan to make windows in her house?
(a) Screens.
(b) Plastic.
(c) Old windows.
(d) Glass jars.

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

3. Last year what nuts were in poor supply?
(a) Butter nut.
(b) Hickory.
(c) Walnut.
(d) Acorn.

4. How long ago did Sam come to the mountaintop?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 1 years.
(c) 9 months.
(d) 6 months.

5. What does Sam make his millhouse from?
(a) Barn siding.
(b) Logs.
(c) Old planks.
(d) Stones.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of plates does Sam use to eat off from?

2. How big is the pond created by Sam's new dam?

3. How many notes does Sam whistle for Frightful's name in her language?

4. In Part 5, who does Sam think is getting into the root cellar?

5. What meat does Sam have when Frightful is taken away?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Adirondack furniture?

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

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

4. How did Sam and Alice learn to build a dam that doesn't wash out?

5. How long did Sam's father think Alice would stay on the mountain?

6. Why doesn't Sam want electricity?

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

8. What does Sam find missing from Alice's home when he goes to check?

9. Who comes to the mountain and takes Frightful and why?

10. What does Frightful look like?

(see the answer keys)

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