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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 the unnamed man dream as the story begins?
(a) He sees the end of the world.
(b) He sees his dead mother.
(c) He is asking God to heal him.
(d) He is walking down a long road.

2. Who cuts the baby's umbilical cord?
(a) The unnamed man.
(b) The vendor.
(c) The mother.
(d) The midwife.

3. Why does Culla go to town?
(a) To mail a letter.
(b) To get food.
(c) To go to church.
(d) To work at the lumberyard.

4. Who or what does the unnamed man refuse to get for the woman in labor?
(a) Midwife.
(b) Food.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Blanket.

5. How much longer would the baby have lived had the vendor not found him?
(a) A couple days.
(b) Not much longer.
(c) A week.
(d) Another day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the person in #19 hear in the woods?

2. What job does a farmer offer to Culla?

3. What job does Culla perform for the person in #52?

4. What does the unnamed man tell a vendor to get rid of him?

5. Why does Culla become angry at his sister?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the condition of the man's sister inside the cabin?

2. What commotion does Culla experience when he reaches the town of Cheatham?

3. Why does the squire decide to go after Culla the next morning?

4. What does the brother do with the newborn baby?

5. What does the man in the woods notice about Culla?

6. Who provides Culla with a small job and what other kindness does he show Culla?

7. What does Rinthy realize about Culla and what information does she learn about him at the general store in town?

8. How does the unnamed man get the tinker to leave the cabin?

9. What sentence does Culla receive from the man and what unusual request does Culla end up making of the man?

10. What is the condition of the man's sister inside the cabin?

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