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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of Swede's favorite authors?
(a) Zane Grey.
(b) Luke Short.
(c) Louis L'Amour.
(d) Rex Beach.

2. How old was Jeremiah when he was caught by a tornado.
(a) 25 years old.
(b) 33 years old.
(c) 31 years old.
(d) 28 years old.

3. How many men in the following days show up at the courthouse armed with old guns to join the posse searching for Davy?
(a) 50 men.
(b) 30 men.
(c) 45 men.
(d) 25 men.

4. What western author might Jeremiah have enjoyed reading when he was in his late twenties?
(a) Richard Matheson.
(b) Matt Braun.
(c) Stephen Bly.
(d) Owen Wister.

5. Where is Davy put in jail?
(a) Northfield.
(b) Gibbon.
(c) Waterville.
(d) Montrose.

6. How old is Reuben when he sees his father's third miracle?
(a) 15 years old.
(b) 11 years old.
(c) 9 years old.
(d) 7 years old.

7. What color sweater does Reuben wear when he testifies at Davy's trial?
(a) Brown.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) Red.

8. What does Reuben see in a dream that wakes him after the goose hunt?
(a) A snake.
(b) Buzzards.
(c) A dead horse.
(d) A dead wolf.

9. What is Tin Lurvy selling on Swede's birthday?
(a) Patented medicines.
(b) World Book encyclopedias.
(c) Vacuum cleaners.
(d) Cufflinks.

10. Where does Lurvy say he had a delicious batch of clam chowder in Seatlle?
(a) Mac's Clam Shack.
(b) The Widder's Clam Shack.
(c) Millie's Clam Shack.
(d) Ivar's Acres of Clams.

11. What time does the sheriff come to tell the DeCuellars and Lands that Davy broke out of jail?
(a) 3 a.m.
(b) 4 a.m.
(c) 6 a.m.
(d) 5 a.m.

12. What do the Lands eat for supper on Swede's birthday?
(a) Clam chowder.
(b) Red potato chowder.
(c) Baked ham.
(d) Fried chicken.

13. What does the Land family have for breakfast on Swede's birthday?
(a) Waffles.
(b) Pancakes.
(c) French toast.
(d) Oatmeal.

14. Why does Davy get up early each morning?
(a) To fix breakfast.
(b) To run his muskrat traps.
(c) He has to be at his job early.
(d) To study.

15. How deep is the snow when Reuben begins tearing down the corncrib?
(a) Up to his hips.
(b) Up to his knees.
(c) Up to his ankles.
(d) Up to his middle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of August Shultz's wife?

2. How many hours a week did Jeremiah work sweeping and painting in the athletic building while he was in medical school?

3. Who owns the hundred-acre wood lot at the edge of Roofing?

4. Who wrote the book that Stube was reading the night that Davy escaped.

5. What does a farmer report stolen three days after Davy's escape?

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