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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 Georgie throw first at the wild animal she encountered at the nesting site?
(a) A book.
(b) Her gun.
(c) A shoe.
(d) A stick.

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

3. How does Georgie leave the house the night she leaves home?
(a) Through the front door.
(b) Through the back door.
(c) Through the cellar window.
(d) Through her bedroom window.

4. How does Georgie know that Billy can sew?
(a) His mother died when he was eight.
(b) He is from a family of tailors.
(c) Agatha taught Billy to sew.
(d) Billy mended her torn dress.

5. Where does Georgie work?
(a) In the fields.
(b) In the family store.
(c) In a millinery shop.
(d) With the pigeoners.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Georgie do with her gun when faced with a wild animal?

2. Why does Georgie allow Billy to accompany her on her journey?

3. Why does Ma ask the sheriff for his knife?

4. Who is Storm?

5. Where does Georgie bathe on the second night of her journey?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was unusual about the cougar attack?

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

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

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

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

6. How does Georgie fend off the cougar attack?

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

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

9. Why does Georgie fear to join her sister outside with the migrating birds?

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

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