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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character is known as the best tracker in town?
(a) Agatha Burkhardt.
(b) Grandfather Bolte.
(c) Georgie Burkhardt.
(d) Sheriff McCabe.

2. What do Georgie and Agatha make plans to do on Flat Rock?
(a) Sketch the scenery.
(b) Watch nesting pigeons.
(c) Watch comets.
(d) Hunt bears.

3. Where does Georgie work?
(a) With the pigeoners.
(b) In a millinery shop.
(c) In the family store.
(d) In the fields.

4. How does Georgie leave the house the night she leaves home?
(a) Through the cellar window.
(b) Through the back door.
(c) Through her bedroom window.
(d) Through the front door.

5. Why does Grandfather Bolte refuse to give Agatha tuition money for University?
(a) He thinks she should find a husband in her own hometown.
(b) He wants her to wait another year.
(c) He thinks she should pay her own way.
(d) He is afraid to have her move so far away.

6. Who gives Agatha a book on Passenger Pigeons?
(a) Benjamin Olmstead.
(b) Billy McCabe.
(c) Grandfather Bolte.
(d) The pigeoner.

7. What does Grandfather Bolte give Georgie on Christmas Day?
(a) A beautiful ball gown.
(b) A set of embroidery hoops.
(c) A rifle.
(d) A pair of lace-up boots.

8. Why didn't Georgie join Agatha during the arrival of the pigeons?
(a) She was angry.
(b) She was afraid.
(c) She was annoyed by Agatha's behavior.
(d) She had chores to do.

9. Whom does Polly Barfod want to marry?
(a) Sheriff McCabe.
(b) The pigioner.
(c) Billy McCabe.
(d) Benjamin Olmstead.

10. Why doesn't Georgie want Agatha to go away to University?
(a) She wants Agatha to wait another year.
(b) She thinks Agatha should find a husband in her own hometown.
(c) She doesn't want Agatha to leave her alone.
(d) She wants Agatha to help her run the store.

11. What is Billy's nickname for Georgie?
(a) Fry.
(b) Gee.
(c) Kiddo.
(d) Lassie.

12. How old was Agatha when she met Billy?
(a) Nine.
(b) Five.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Seventeen,

13. What does Ma give Agatha on Christmas Day?
(a) A pair of lace-up boots.
(b) A rifle.
(c) A beautiful ball gown.
(d) A set of embroidery hoops.

14. With what objects did Georgie and Agatha spar with in February of 1871?
(a) Icicles.
(b) Sticks.
(c) Broomsticks.
(d) Mud clods.

15. What wild animal confronts Georgie near the nesting site?
(a) A snake.
(b) A cougar.
(c) A coyote.
(d) A bear.

Short Answer Questions

1. In her dream, were is Georgie standing?

2. Why does Ma ask the sheriff for his knife?

3. What was the old man in the Seneca story following?

4. Whom does Georgie dream of the second night of her journey?

5. Who asks Grandfather Bolte's permission to court Agatha while hunting pigeons?

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