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

2. Whom does Georgie dream of the second night of her journey?
(a) The cougar.
(b) The bear.
(c) Billy.
(d) Agatha.

3. How does Agatha react to the arrival of the pigeons?
(a) She shakes in fear.
(b) She hides in the basement.
(c) She runs outside with a parasol.
(d) She takes photographs of the flock.

4. Who asks Grandfather Bolte's permission to court Agatha while hunting pigeons?
(a) Sheriff McCabe.
(b) The pigeoner.
(c) Benjamin Olmstead.
(d) Billy McCabe.

5. What does Georgie find on February 28th, 1871?
(a) Pigeons.
(b) Gold.
(c) A horse.
(d) A mule.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Georgie want Agatha to go away to University?

2. With what objects did Georgie and Agatha spar with in February of 1871?

3. How does Georgie react to the arrival of the pigeons?

4. What does Georgie throw first at the wild animal she encountered at the nesting site?

5. What does Ma carry during Agatha's funeral?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Georgie tell Mr. Olmstead about Agatha kissing Billy?

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

3. Why does Agatha step into the migrating flock of pigeons and spin?

4. Why does Georgie shoot gin bottles down by the river?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What was unusual about the cougar attack?

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