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

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

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

4. What color is Bando's hair?
(a) White.
(b) Gray.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

5. What does Sam's father do?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Work on the docks.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Farm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is inside Alice's hat for warmth?

2. What does Sam get for meat when he practices with his sling?

3. What is Sam's father's name?

4. How old was Frightful when Sam got her?

5. What does Sam decide to barbecue for his supper in Part 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did Alice design her tree house when she first came to live on the mountain?

5. What does Frightful look like?

6. What might be a solution to Sam's problem of how to get meat now that Frightful is gone?

7. Why does Sam decide that he can't raise pheasant and quail for meat?

8. How does Sam describe the June morning at the beginning of Part 1?

9. Why doesn't Zella like the cabin Bando purchased?

10. What is a plumping mill?

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