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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money does Jeremiah get when he sells his bed?
(a) $6.50.
(b) $7.
(c) $5.50.
(d) $8.

2. What color was the Lands' front door before it was tarred?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Green.

3. What would Helen Land read to Davy when he was one year old?
(a) Mark Twain.
(b) Charles Dickens.
(c) Washington Irving.
(d) Robert Louis Stevenson.

4. Who writes a letter that turns public opinion against Davy?
(a) Karen Basca.
(b) Stanley Basca.
(c) John Fisher.
(d) Margery Basca.

5. In what hospital was Reuben born?
(a) Wilson Hospital.
(b) Memorial Hospital.
(c) Skiff Hospital.
(d) Pennock Hospital.

6. What game does Mr. DeCuellar teach Swede and Reuben to help them pass the time while they wait to be admitted to the courtroom?
(a) Dots and Boxes.
(b) War at Sea.
(c) Hangman.
(d) Tic-Tac-Toe.

7. What does Swede read to Reuben the night after the first day of Davy's trial?
(a) Charles Dickens.
(b) Robert Louis Stevenson.
(c) C. S. Lewis.
(d) Graham Greene.

8. What does Reuben dream the night that he and Swede plan to break Davy out of jail?
(a) That his father died.
(b) That someone was chasing him.
(c) That a snake bit him.
(d) That a piglet bit him.

9. What month did a tornado strike the town where Jeremiah, Helen, and Davy lived while Jeremiah attended medical school?
(a) August.
(b) July.
(c) September.
(d) June.

10. How far is it from Roofing to North Dakota?
(a) 75 miles.
(b) 70 miles.
(c) 80 miles.
(d) 85 miles.

11. How old is Reuben's brother, Davy, when Reuben sees his father's third miracle?
(a) 15 years old.
(b) 14 years old.
(c) 17 years old.
(d) 16 years old.

12. What operation did Lurvy have six months before his visit on Swede's birthday?
(a) Hernia repair.
(b) Appendectomy.
(c) Tonsilectomy.
(d) Gallbladder removal.

13. Who owns a corncrib that Reuben tears down?
(a) Mr. Lawson.
(b) Mr. Reuben.
(c) Mr. Smythe.
(d) Mr. Layton.

14. What was the first name of the doctor who delivered Reuben?
(a) Whit.
(b) Animas.
(c) Ellsworth.
(d) Elias.

15. What does Reuben want for Christmas in 1962?
(a) A Spartacus model.
(b) A Crashmobile.
(c) An American frontier set.
(d) A model rocket.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job does Stube take after Davy escaped on his watch?

2. Who comes to spend Christmas eve with the Lands?

3. What time do the Lands go to the DeCuellar's for breakfast the day of the trial?

4. What time does the sheriff come to tell the DeCuellars and Lands that Davy broke out of jail?

5. How much does it cost to send a postcard in 1963?

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