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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 money did Sam bring from the city?

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

3. How many weeks ago did Sam's family come for a visit?

4. How many siblings does Sam have?

5. Who was the only guest for Christmas dinner last year?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Adirondack furniture?

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

5. What is a plumping mill?

6. What does Frightful look like?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sam realizes that it is not Leon Longbridge who took Frightful. How does Sam realize that Longbridge didn't take Frightful? What does that discovery mean about Frightful's safety?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Sam at first doesn't want to accept the tools his father leaves behind. Why does Sam decide to embrace change and use the tools?

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