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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 is Georgie doing in her dream?
(a) Crying.
(b) Watching comets.
(c) Hoeing weeds.
(d) Fighting wild animals.

2. Why does Ma ask the sheriff for his knife?
(a) To attack Agatha's killer.
(b) To cut a scrap of fabric from Agatha's ball gown.
(c) To cut the ropes binding Agatha's body.
(d) To cut off a lock of Agatha's hair.

3. Why is Ma angry at Georgie the night of February 28th, 1871?
(a) Georgie uses all her ammunition shooting at pigeons.
(b) Georgie ruins her coat.
(c) Georgie does not come home that night.
(d) Agatha runs away from home.

4. What does Grandfather Bolte buy the night of February 28th, 1871?
(a) A new coat.
(b) Barrels.
(c) A horse.
(d) A mule.

5. What does Billy do to try and "bring Agatha around"?
(a) Sells his horse.
(b) Courts Polly.
(c) Fights Benjamin.
(d) Gives Agatha a book.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are Mr. Olmstead's eyes?

2. Which character is known as the best tracker in town?

3. What does Grandfather Bolte give Agatha on Christmas Day?

4. Why does Georgie expect Agatha to reject Mr. Olmstead's proposal?

5. Why does Grandfather Bolte refuse to give Agatha tuition money for University?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the significance of Georgie's statement that she wishes Billy McCabe was only "a block of carved wood"?

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

5. How does Georgie feel about Agatha's relationship with Mr. Olmstead?

6. What was unusual about the cougar attack?

7. How does Georgie seek to make her Grandfather happy?

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

9. What makes Georgie question the validity of her sister's funeral?

10. What does Georgie notice about the feathers in the pigeoners camp?

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