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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much younger is Alice than Sam?

2. How far is the cabin Bando bought from Sam's place?

3. For Thanksgiving, who brought a turkey last year?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is Bando?

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

5. What is Adirondack furniture?

6. Why does Alice want electricity?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Frightful could have been killed or captured by the conservation officer. How did Frightful escape the poachers? How did Alice happen to be in the clearing and to get away undetected? Why wasn't she taken by the conservation officer?

Essay Topic 2

When Sam moved to the mountain he lived alone and avoided people. How has civilization and people encroached on Sam's mountain? Does he like having more people around?

Essay Topic 3

Sam decides that Alice is playing a game with him. What makes Sam realize that Alice is playing a game with him and not looking for her own place? What clues have there been all along that Alice is playing a game?

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