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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. Who is Captain Marcy?
(a) Author of a travel guide.
(b) Grandfather Bolte's old navy captain.
(c) The stationmaster.
(d) Sheriff Mccabe's boss.

2. 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 is afraid to have her move so far away.
(c) He thinks she should pay her own way.
(d) He wants her to wait another year.

3. What does Billy give Georgie the second night of her journey to help her sleep?
(a) A drink.
(b) An amulet.
(c) A rifle.
(d) A tent.

4. What interest does Agatha share with Benjamin?
(a) Singing.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Books.
(d) Hunting.

5. Where does Georgie bathe on the second night of her journey?
(a) In a church.
(b) In a river.
(c) In a hotel.
(d) In a pond.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the pigeons return in greater numbers during odd numbered years?

2. How does Georgie plan to get a horse for her journey?

3. What does Grandfather Bolte buy the night of February 28th, 1871?

4. What does Georgie find on February 28th, 1871?

5. Where did Georgie sleep the first night away from home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ma make Agatha a ball gown?

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

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

4. How does Georgie's behave change after her encounter with the cougar?

5. How does Georgie justify taking items from the store for her journey?

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

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

8. What was unusual about the cougar attack?

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

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

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