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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. Why does Georgie allow Billy to accompany her on her journey?
(a) She is afraid to travel alone.
(b) Billy brought food.
(c) Billy makes good biscuits.
(d) She senses that Billy is part of the mystery behind Agatha's disappearance.

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

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

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

5. Who are the pigeoners?
(a) A traveling musical band.
(b) People who hunt wild pigeons.
(c) An acrobatic troop.
(d) People who raise tame pigeons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Frederick?

2. What is Georgie doing in her dream?

3. What is Billy's nickname for Georgie?

4. Who comforts Georgie after she encounters a wild animal near the nesting site?

5. What significant event occurred in April of 1871?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was unusual about the cougar attack?

2. How does Long Ears' behavior foreshadow the arrival of the cougar?

3. Why does Georgie describe the pigeon nesting as "a battlefield"?

4. Why does Ma cut a scrap of cloth from the corpse's body?

5. Why does Grandfather Bolte refuse to give his permission for Agatha to go to the University of Wisconsin?

6. What type of "horse" does Billy loan to Georgie and how does he force himself on her journey?

7. Why does Georgie consider her five Bechtler dollars to be worth twenty dollars?

8. What does Agatha's story about the old Seneca man symbolize?

9. What is the significance of Billy's nickname for Georgie?

10. How does Georgie feel about Agatha's relationship with Billy?

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