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

2. Why does Georgie expect Agatha to reject Mr. Olmstead's proposal?
(a) She thinks Mr. Olmstead is too old for Agatha.
(b) She doesn't expect Agatha to marry.
(c) She knows Agatha wants to go away to school.
(d) She thinks Agatha loves Billy.

3. Where does Georgie camp on the second night of her journey?
(a) In a cave.
(b) Near a nesting site.
(c) In a lean-to.
(d) By the river.

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

5. How old was Billy the first time he asked Agatha to marry him?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Nineteen.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Eight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Billy do to try and "bring Agatha around"?

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

3. How does Billy describe Georgie's biscuits?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was unusual about the cougar attack?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Grandfather Bolte express compassion towards Georgie during the funeral?

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

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